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It isn't a matter of Ethics. Ethics implies that I have control of the situation (Do I kill the person who wants to die or not) or (Do I stop AI or not) I am n
by gitfan86 4y ago
It isn't a matter of Ethics. Ethics implies that I have control of the situation (Do I kill the person who wants to die or not) or (Do I stop AI or not)
I am not in a position to decide to stop technological progress. So I am choosing control what I can, which is my attitude.
- jacquesm 4y agoThose that are in control of that progress and whether or not they release certain capabilities to the general public are the ones that will have to deal with the ethical bits, and society as a whole can do so as well. Politicians can make laws based on ethics.
- gitfan86 4y agoDo you cure cancer if it means that 100 million people will lose their jobs?
- newshorts 4y agoYes. It will be painful for some folks to transition to doing something else for sure. I know you are just using random numbers but 10 million people die per year. The benefit would outweigh the cost.
- jacquesm 4y agoGood question. So what's your answer and why?
- xarope 4y agoBroken windows fallacy. If 100m highly competent people were involved in managing cancer, and we cured cancer, these 100m highly competent people could then turn their attention and skills to something else important. There are plenty of health care crises in the world