From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Sat Aug 24 2002 - 08:35:52 MDT
"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Brian Atkins wrote:
>
> > Yeah Damien, SIAI went over to the school board meeting the other night
> > and angrily demanded they also insert a section regarding the Singularity
> > into all the science textbooks. Eliezer holding forth upon the gathered
> > mass was certainly a sight to behold! Cobb county is well known for its
> > inclusive open-mindedness, and I was assured we will get at least a couple
> > of pages. I certainly am proud to pay my property/car/sales tax when it goes
> > to such good use.
>
> Assuming this is not all tongue-in-cheek (it had me ROTFL), you
> should have video taped it. It surely would have been an historic
> documentary piece for future PBS specials on how extropians
> battled against the ignorant masses to rip the curtain from
> its rings and expose the wizard as he truely is.
It's all just a joke people. Nuthin to see here, everybody go home
>
> On another vector, one could always ask what steps SIAI is
> taking to ensure that the seed AI is not going to be unduly
> influenced by its environment and end up being a good ole boy
> rednecked AI? The thought almost (I'll stress "almost")
> makes me think an amoral AI isn't such a bad thing.
>
The standard answer is "go read CFAI". It is specifically designed to
ward off (over time, as it gets smarter and examines its own "facts"
for surety level) programmer or environment-induced irrational
or false influences. The attempt to do this is one of the most important
pieces, and something that generally no other AI team plans to tackle.
Most of them either seem to want to build their own morality into their
project, or just experiment using evolutionary or other techniques and
"hope for the best".
http://www.singinst.org/friendly/
-- Brian Atkins Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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