From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 15:11:43 MDT
Brian D Williams writes,
> Well, there the William Gibson approach from Neuromancer, an
> electromagnetic shotgun wired to it's forehead.
Good one, Brian. Of course this would make AIs want to avoid the shotgun blast,
and not really make them want to be friendly. Some people have theorized that
people are friendly because people fear even more the consequences of being
unfriendly.
--J. R.
"People fear robots because they think they will rule human beings. But the
reason we ourselves want to rule other people is that it's much easier to
survive when we are in a position of power. But robots can act unselfishly.
Robots can be saints -- intelligent and unselfish. For humans, being intelligent
is easy, but being unselfish is rather impossible."
--Shigeo Hirose
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