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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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 22 2019, @03:40PM (2 children)
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on that. At some point, the Potabians are going to decide that computers kill fewer people than people kill people. The mandate will come down, "People cannot operate vehicles anymore!" Even more important, the computer operated vehicles will cause less property damage, and save the insurance companies lots of money.
Millenials are probably the next to the last generation that will operate privately owned vehicles.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 22 2019, @03:54PM (1 child)
Grouchy old bastards who can tell their ass from a hole in the ground aren't all born that way. Most of us have to learn to be the hard way over many decades. Millennials will learn it as well, even if they are dumber than we ever were.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 22 2019, @05:35PM
"even if they are dumber than we ever were."
I guess we're going extinct then, womp womp