[ExI] morality

[efc at swisscows.email]

On Wed, 17 May 2023, Tara Maya via extropy-chat wrote:

> When AI show a capacity to apply the Golden Rule -- and its dark mirror, which is an Eye for an Eye (altruistic revenge) -- then we
> can say they have a consciousness similar enough to humans to be treated as humans.
>

Hmm, I'm kind of thinking about the reverse. When an AI shows the
capacity to break rules when called for (as so often is the case in
ethical dilemmas) then we have something closer to consciousness.

In order to make ethical choices, one must first have free will. If
there's just a list of rules to apply, we have that today already in our
machines.

Best regards, 
Daniel