On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:05 AM, Harry Chesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The question of when it's ethical to do AGI experiments has bothered me > for a while. It's something that every AGI creator has to deal with > sooner or later if you believe you're actually going to create real > intelligence that might be conscious. The following link is a blog essay > on the subject, which describes my current thinking on the subject, such > as it is. There's clearly much more that needs to be worked out. > Comments, either here or at the blog, would be appreciated. > > http://www.mememotes.com/meme_motes/2008/11/ethical-experimentation-on-cognitive-entities.html
Personally, I'm not making an AGI that has emotions, and I doubt if emotions are generally desirable in AGIs, except when the goal is to make human companions (and I wonder why people need them anyway, given that there're so many -- *too* many -- human beings around already). YKY ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
