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So would you agree with Weizenbaum that it’s immoral to have a computer teach a child to read? If the child doesn’t have a teacher available I assume you’d find

• carapace 3y ago
  > So would you agree with Weizenbaum that it’s immoral to have a computer teach a child to read? I'm not a moralist, so technically, no. As I pointed out in sib comment, you have to have a theory of "good" before you can have a moral structure to guide you to it, eh? That's the challenge I see AI (et. al.) raising for humanity: We have effectively defeated the prior order of things with science and technology, now what? What is good? What are people for? What IS the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything? > If the child doesn’t have a teacher available... Then that's the problem to solve, eh? Let the robots do the work and we can hang out with our families, eh?