[extropy-chat] RE: Singularitarian verses singularity

[Dirk Bruere]

On 12/22/05, gts <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:42:30 -0500, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>
> wrote:
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> > No human is likely to understand the code after one much less several
> > optimization passes.
>
> Yes, but how about an open-source module or class, one which is called as
> the last step before any SAI acts or decides, and which requires any
> decision to be consistent with a rule something like "minimize human
> suffering"?
>
> The code for that class might be understood by humans of realistic
> intelligence, and be public domain.
>
> The class would function something like courts. Courts exist in large part
> to protect our rights as citizens. They protect the individual from mob
> rule just as a court class in a program might protect individuals from
> inhumane decisions by SAI's.
>
> The source code of this court-class could even be added to the
> constitution as an amendment in some possible future.
>
> Just thinking out loud here.
>

My view is that SAI will derive from simulating existing neural structures.
That is, it will essentially be an uploaded person. In which case we have a
good handle on what it may be like. Just don't used condemned criminals as
guinea pigs...

Dirk
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