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The same reason we try to answer the original trolley problem in earnest: It forces us to confront tough moral trade-offs and clarify our ethical beliefs. Answe
by Buttons840 2y ago
The same reason we try to answer the original trolley problem in earnest: It forces us to confront tough moral trade-offs and clarify our ethical beliefs. Answering a trolley problem in earnest helps us learn about ourselves and our world on a philosophical level.
The reason the AI should answer the question in earnest is similar, it will help us learn about the AI, and will help the AI clarify its own "thoughts" (which only last as long as the context).
- squigz 2y agoDoes anyone but first year philosophy students (and armchair philosophers) really consider the trolley problem in earnest?
- Buttons840 2y agoI don't know. A first year philosophy question sounds like a great things to push a LLM to answer though.
- parodysbird 2y agoNo, we do not try to answer the original trolley problem in earnest. We immediately reject and move on.