From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 12:53:48 MDT
Eugene Leitl writes,
> What is this SysOp nonsense all over again? Why is the robot yours,
> and you are not your robot's? And how did that robot came into being?
> And what keeps that robot friendly, or even alive, so that he can keep
> you alive?
Well, excuuuuuse me. I guess I missed the "SysOp" lecture. I must have been in
South Dakota that day. So how does that relate to AI friendliness? The robot is
mine because I bought it. Robots are robots because they behave robotically. So
they can't own humans. That robot came into being any way it could. It's a given
for the purpose of discussing why AI would want to be friendly. The question
isn't how AI comes into being; it's why it would want to be friendly.
> I'm beginning to think that you're rather good at trolling. No one
> can't be that dense nondeliberately.
Sad to learn you think that way. But I don't recall you proposing any
constructive ideas about making AI friendly. So, to demonstrate that *you* are
not trolling, please let us in on your formula for insuring that AI would want
to be friendly. If you don't think that AI would want to be friendly, that
suggests that you believe AI should not be attempted at all. In that case, how
do you propose to keep AI from emerging?
--J. R.
PS: "no one can't be that dense" is a double negative.
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