From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 13:01:05 MDT
Michael S. Lorrey writes,
> Its the presupposition that children are malleable, easier to reform, as well
as
> an association with the myth of the noble savage. Children may be savages, but
> not very noble, usually.
It's also biology.
Read:
The Biological Basis of Morality
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98apr/biomoral.htm
AI would want to be friendly because it will be a Darwin machine evolved that
way.
--J. R.
Behavior-based robotics (BBR): A methodology that bridges the fields of
artificial intelligence, engineering, and cognitive science in order to design
autonomous agents and robots. Its goal is to develop methods for controlling
artificial systems and to use robotics to model and better understand biological
systems.
--Robo sapiens, p.234
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