[extropy-chat] Ethics for the Robot Age

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Most people's expectations of robots are driven by fantasy. These
marvelous machines, optimists hope, will follow Moore's law, doubling
in quality every 18 months, and lead to a Jetsonian utopia. Or, as
pessimists fear, humanoid bots will reproduce, increase their
intelligence, and wipe out humanity.
Both visions are wrong. The artificial intelligence to animate robots
remains several orders of magnitude less than what's needed. We have
to master either software engineering or self-organization before our
most intelligent designers can dare play in the same league as Mother
Nature.
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