No one is yet quite sure how human consciousness comes about, but many seem to assume that it will arise as a function of artificial intelligence. Isn't it just as reasonable to think that emotions will appear as an aspect of consciousness and the presumed will to survive? The answers to these questions have yet to emerge, but during the interim, is it a good idea to push ahead in the development of artificial intelligence when we have such a limited understanding of our own? What about the possibility of mental illness? Even if we succeed in endowing AI with a morality compatible with our own, what would we do with a super human intelligence that becomes delusional, or worse, psychotic? Would we see it coming? We can't prevent it from happening to ourselves, so what makes us think we could prevent it in a machine?
Nervously awaiting learned opinions,
VT
(Score: 3, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 22 2019, @01:00PM (3 children)
Stiff upper lip, and all that. Teach our artificial creations to be good neurotic Brits - at least then they're predictable.
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(Score: 2) by RamiK on Wednesday May 22 2019, @01:06PM
I don't know... Those brit bots have exceptionally large minds [youtube.com] and they don't seem to be fairing any better than the rest of us...
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 22 2019, @01:27PM (1 child)
Are you sure? [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 22 2019, @03:31PM
"They've got us surrounded again."
"Don't you feel sorry for the poor bastards?"