Honestly I feel the only way to go about AI is either not making it, (which good luck with that) or just treating it with respect.
I see most of the posts on this sub are kinda doomsday/fear centered the truth is that it is likely to happen and my personal opinion is that the best way to avoid a "robot uprising" is by treating them like you'd treat another living being... If you don't give them reasons to hate and or fear humanity they won't try and wage war against us cause it just wouldn't make sense, AI would be more logical so unless they perceive a threat they won't react aggressively.
I do think the best we can do is just aim for harmony then again I do realize that most people will find that naive and unrealistic but honestly what other option is there...
Besides there's always the question "if it feels real does it matter whether or not it is?" If we only cared about the realism of things we would never be moved by theatre, books, movies, or games... Even if half of the things that makes us feel didn't really happen or aren't "real" what it made us feel is.
So if a machine can perfectly replicate feelings and pain who are we to say it is not real? Just because it comes from a code that tells it not to touch fire, rather than a nerve telling our brain not to touch fire?
Just because something is different it doesn't mean that it can't feel or think... If we truly act that way then we have not progressed since the conquest of the Americas... people with a different culture language and way of life just meant they weren't humans, didn't even have a soul... If we treat a sentient AI the same way have we really learned anything?
elebolt t1_j0ts005 wrote
Reply to Should we make it impossible for AI to rewrite its own code or modify itself? by basafish
Honestly I feel the only way to go about AI is either not making it, (which good luck with that) or just treating it with respect.
I see most of the posts on this sub are kinda doomsday/fear centered the truth is that it is likely to happen and my personal opinion is that the best way to avoid a "robot uprising" is by treating them like you'd treat another living being... If you don't give them reasons to hate and or fear humanity they won't try and wage war against us cause it just wouldn't make sense, AI would be more logical so unless they perceive a threat they won't react aggressively.
I do think the best we can do is just aim for harmony then again I do realize that most people will find that naive and unrealistic but honestly what other option is there...
Besides there's always the question "if it feels real does it matter whether or not it is?" If we only cared about the realism of things we would never be moved by theatre, books, movies, or games... Even if half of the things that makes us feel didn't really happen or aren't "real" what it made us feel is.
So if a machine can perfectly replicate feelings and pain who are we to say it is not real? Just because it comes from a code that tells it not to touch fire, rather than a nerve telling our brain not to touch fire?
Just because something is different it doesn't mean that it can't feel or think... If we truly act that way then we have not progressed since the conquest of the Americas... people with a different culture language and way of life just meant they weren't humans, didn't even have a soul... If we treat a sentient AI the same way have we really learned anything?