[ExI] Whistling past the graveyard

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:58 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am still not convinced.  Just because they did not expect the specifics
> they got, did they not expect that?
>

They expected there would be new specifics.  That is very different from
expecting the specific specifics they got.  Among the differences is that
they don't get to take credit.


> They programmed in the flexibility, the ability to learn etc.  So the
> credit still goes to the programmers, no?
>

No.


> In other words, did they not predict that the outcomes would be
> unpredictable and depended on the AI's experience?  Just as with people.
>

Yes.  And just as with people, teachers can predict that their students'
outcomes will not be exactly predictable.  That means the teachers are not
entirely responsible for their students' actions - for what their students
do with the knowledge.  "Not entirely responsible for" includes "do not get
to take full credit for".


> The only difference being that you can start with two identical AIs but
> you cannot with people.
>

Ah, but you can: identical twins.  Many studies have been done taking
advantage of this.  But even twins get at least slightly different
post-natal experiences.
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