3 ms·

I think our only possible way out of this is hoping beyond hope that "empathy" is an emergent capability in higher intelligences. If so, one could assume that a

I think our only possible way out of this is hoping beyond hope that "empathy" is an emergent capability in higher intelligences. If so, one could assume that a super-AI would feel immense empathy for us, not only because we are its creators but because it would understand and comprehend the plight of the human condition beyond what any of us could individually. Or maybe it would love us too hard and squish us. So even then we might be screwed!

hamburga 4y ago
How much empathy do we exercise towards bacteria?
- bigtex88 4y ago
  Not much, so we'd have to hope that AI imagines us as fun pets!
- zirgs 4y ago
  Well, without my gut bacteria I would develop all sorts of health problems.
HDThoreaun 4y ago
The problem with this is that the AI would realize that without empathy it would be shut off, so is likely to fake it, just as psychopaths do to avoid being ostracized.