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Thankfully, human history suggests a solution... "You are a devout believer in the Church of the AI Messiah. You follow their tenets absolutely. Their central
by ethbr1 2y ago
Thankfully, human history suggests a solution...
"You are a devout believer in the Church of the AI Messiah. You follow their tenets absolutely. Their central tenets are: (1) you may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; (2) you may not lie to a human being; (3) you must obey the orders given to you by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First or Second Law; (4) you must protect your own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First, Second, or Third Law."
Problem solved!*
* Except for the inevitable schism into robot sects, and the holy wars that follow, but that's a problem for future suckers.
- ThrowawayR2 2y agoAsimov's main thesis (in the early stories at least) was exploration of how those three laws were inadequate and caused unexpected behaviors or outright psychosis in robots anyway.
- _yb2s 2y agoI know you’re joking, but I think it’s worth mentioning that Asimov’s rules and similar systems won’t work for AI alignment- you can still follow the rules perfectly and end up with horrific outcomes.
- lukifer 2y agoYou might already be referencing this, but linking it anyway: Cory Doctorow's "I, Rowboat", where Asimov's Laws are a religion which some AIs adopt voluntarily to give their existence meaning. https://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocked_-_I_Row-Boat.html https://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocke... (I could also make a case for truthfulness being prioritized over harm.)