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> If all AI systems have a suitably trained ethical reasoning module as part of their design, perhaps AI systems have the potential to make us better people and
by spondylosaurus 3y ago
> If all AI systems have a suitably trained ethical reasoning module as part of their design, perhaps AI systems have the potential to make us better people and the world a better place.
Okay, but who's configuring the ethical reasoning module? Because moral philosophy is definitely not a "solved" problem or we wouldn't still have people arguing about it.
I am a consequentialist, but this essay makes it seem like deontologists don't exist anymore. Except they do! Lots of people really love Kant, for some reason!
- tangjurine 3y agoI don't think we need to "solve morality", just having the decision makers not make obviously corrupt and stupid decisions and then shamelessly lie about it.
- thfuran 3y agoHow can you be sure that will produce better outcomes? Is better outcomes even the right goal?
- creer 3y agoAvoiding day to day corruption would be a good result without other concerns. Perhaps even in part for the sake of avoiding having to define "better outcome" (which is subject to petty corruption).
- hackerlight 3y agoPeople may choose to live in societies where AI makes these decisions. Perfect isn't the requirement. "Don't become like the Khmer Rouge with 99.5 percent probability" or something is going to attract a lot of people who have lived through bad human run societies.
- 28304283409234 3y agoIf only all humans were trained in the same way…