[extropy-chat] "3 Laws Unsafe" by the Singularity Institute

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

Adrian Tymes wrote:
> 
> Seriously, though, giving human-equivalent AIs the
> same rights as humans seems to be at least a start.
> (Emphasis on *human-equivalent*: most detailed
> portrayals of advanced AIs show them as essentially
> thus, all debate as to how they might actually differ
> from people yet still appear "sentient" aside.)
> Which means they would follow the same morals and laws
> as we do.

"Human-equivalent" meaning, uploaded humans?  Totally equivalent to human 
psychology in every way?  Including inability to access their own source 
code, and the same subjective processing rate?

If you are discussing strictly the upload challenge, why confuse the issue 
by using the word "AI"?

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence