Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective

From	John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective
Date	2019-08-25 04:10 +0200
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I wrote:
> I doubt that anyone working in the AI field has ever taken Asimov's
> Three Laws seriously.

Gene writes:
> And that scares the hell outta me, John.

That's not what I mean.  The Three Laws are statements of moral
principles. As such they make a whole raft of implicit assumptions that
you don't notice because you *are* a human being. They become vague and
contradictory when you try to reduce them to logic.  People designing
robots should think about the subject matter of the laws (but that's
just morality: nothing in particular to do with robots) but it's
impossible to implement the Three Laws in software.

They were great stories, but they really have no bearing on actual AI
research.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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The AI Problem, historical perspective bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-25 02:40 +0200
  Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 03:10 +0200
    Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 03:40 +0200
      Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 04:10 +0200
        Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 09:20 +0200
        Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-25 10:10 +0200
          Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 14:30 +0200
            Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-08-25 15:30 +0200
              Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2019-08-25 15:40 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 16:50 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 17:00 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 17:20 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2019-08-25 17:00 +0200
              Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 16:40 +0200
  Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 03:30 +0200
    Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 03:40 +0200
      Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 05:00 +0200

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