[ExI] Slavery in the Future

[The Avantguardian]

--- Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It would be challenging to code a program that
> >  simultaneously loves to serve, or loves anything really, yet will
> still
> >  cheerfully die when no longer needed. A zen master might be able
> to
> >  transcend logic in this fashion, but a Turing machine?
> 
> I don't see the problem. You just have to program it so that, under
> certain circumstances, dying is the preferred option.

Ok. Let us assume it is possible to program a machine in this fashion,
what would be the benefit to us of programming the machines for
emotion? What utility is there in burdening our machines with millions
of years of our own EP baggage? Is the toast from a toaster that loves
me any better than that which comes out of a toaster that is
indifferent to me? Think about how annoying garage sales would be with
toasters begging us not to sell them.




 

Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"Life is the sum of all your choices."  
Albert Camus


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