[extropy-chat] Original Sin was Bioethics Essay

[Dirk Bruere]

Lifespan Pharma Inc. wrote:

>>
>> So far AI has avoided major political-religious complications, 
>> probably because it does not exist in a form that challenges overall 
>> Human supremacy. Of course, by the time such an AI does exist it will 
>> be too late for anyone to do anything. Hence IMO its a non-issue as 
>> far as we are concerned.
>>
> An AI with "free will" , emotions in a conscious state may make many 
> religeous and political decisions
> if they are logical to its world view.
> Like with a child a human "parents" more's only hold to a certain 
> point of maturity, which in terms of an AI might
> only take minutes of real time.  We cannot assume that what any of us 
> deems logical will hold water to
> a consciousness able to hold millions if not billions of interlinked  
> thought lines in conscious thought nonstop.
>
> So maybe we should think about how the analysis of the world's 
> religeons by an AI might affect its
> thoughts and actions.

I doubt we will have that luxury.
IMO true AI will bootstrap itself so fast we will only know what 
happened in hindsight and will be incapable of actually 'reprogramming' it.

-- 
Dirk

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