[extropy-chat] The emergence of AI

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Hal Finney <hal at finney.org> wrote:> 
> Maybe wrapping it in a fuzzy exterior will help, child robots and
> talking
> dogs: "Hello, I'm Rags, woof, woof".  But the reality is that people
> are going to be working side by side with these systems, and I think
> that is how they will base their conception of them as helpful or
> dangerous.

Yes. Creating personality modules that, at least, mimic a personality
that is non-threatening (teddy bear, sexy female, child's voice, etc)
is the key to limiting or preventing proscriptive regulation.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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