mccProposed new Laws of Robotics:
1. A machine must never show an advertisement to a human, or through inaction allow an advertisement to be shown to a human
If I think of a second Law of Robotics I'll let you know
For Law of Robotics #2 I'm considering "A machine must never mine a bitcoin, or through inaction allow a bitcoin to be mined"
Based on replies in this thread, here is an alternate proposed "three laws of robotics".
1. A machine must never show an advertisement to a human, or through inaction allow an advertisement to be shown to a human.
2. A machine shall never use more power to perform a job than would be used by an equivalent human.
3. A machine must never present or refer to itself as though it were human, or through inaction allow a human to mistake it for one.
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Mikko Rintasaari@mcc The 3rd one confuses me. If we ever manage to create actual machine sentience, why would it be so important they must advertise they aren't human?
@Adept As noted in my followup post to that one, I believe implicitly encoded in rule three is the belief that humans will never manage to create actual machine sentience.
Ideologies are based on both values and assumptions
@mcc ok, I guess I understood, but disagree on the ambition of the laws then.
The biologist in me insists I say something about the difference between sentience and sapience.
Anything that feels is sentient, a self aware thinking being is sapient. The line is very blurry, of course. We are not that different from other animals, just "more so".
@Adept I don't think humans will ever create a machine that is either sentient or sapient. Five years ago I believed both these things would probably happen, but now that "OpenAI" exists I do not believe this is possible anymore. Useful AI research is over, and possibly useful computer science.
@mcc the Large Language Model approach is this moment's Tulip Mania bubble. Don't let it set your expectations too low.
This approach will not result in actual intelligence, let alone sapience, but it's not the one possibility.
@Adept Capitalism is very good at closing off possibilities and capitalism is currently global
@mcc I understand losing hope, but if we make it through the climate crisis and the extinction wave (big if, I know), this early AI nonsense will be just a minor detour.