Comments on: Mad men and the machines that love them http://www.kellyramsey.net/index.php/2007/11/12/mad-men-and-the-machines-that-love-them/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:41:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Panu Horsmalahti http://www.kellyramsey.net/index.php/2007/11/12/mad-men-and-the-machines-that-love-them/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Panu Horsmalahti Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.kellyramsey.net/index.php/2007/11/12/mad-men-and-the-machines-that-love-them/#comment-520 You have the problem that you see intelligence as something magical quantum freewill dust, not a strictly mechanical process. An intelligence does exactly as it is programmed/created, therefore in the vast space of minds there are many that are "Friendly", and many that are not. I have no idea what Marxian "false consciousness" has to do with anything, or feminism for that matter. You have the problem that you see intelligence as something magical quantum freewill dust, not a strictly mechanical process. An intelligence does exactly as it is programmed/created, therefore in the vast space of minds there are many that are “Friendly”, and many that are not. I have no idea what Marxian “false consciousness” has to do with anything, or feminism for that matter.

]]> By: Kaj Sotala http://www.kellyramsey.net/index.php/2007/11/12/mad-men-and-the-machines-that-love-them/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Kaj Sotala Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:34:26 +0000 http://www.kellyramsey.net/index.php/2007/11/12/mad-men-and-the-machines-that-love-them/#comment-518 <i>Engineer a subclass of sentients so that it puts its considerable potential to work in service of humanity - because it’s convinced it wants to? Doesn’t this strike you as incredibly vile?</i> What would you propose as a more ethical alternative, then? Letting their wants be determined by random chance? Engineer a subclass of sentients so that it puts its considerable potential to work in service of humanity – because it’s convinced it wants to? Doesn’t this strike you as incredibly vile?

What would you propose as a more ethical alternative, then? Letting their wants be determined by random chance?

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