On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:17 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> "So, for example, if someone lies in wait to rob someone, but no one > passes by, they are STILL guilty of robbery - pretty much because in some > OTHER reality they actually did rob someone." > > Actually a brain may think about murdering, but unless it has a good > probability to activate motors to do it for real, it is not worth > eliminating that stupid murderer machine that could harm people. It's like > a toy robot, what is in its brain, is it going to harm more than the good > it produces? > Just thinking about murdering someone doesn't rise to Criminal Attempt. Talking about murdering someone doesn't quite rise to Criminal Attempt. However, asking someone to help you murder someone is "solicitation" which is pretty much the same as Criminal Attempt, and buying some rat poison when you don't have any rats along with some other evidence that you plan on murdering someone DOES rise to Criminal Attempt. Regarding: Imagine if the statute of limitations were retroactively applied to social-media posts by quantum-enabled AGI, and penalties (monetary fines) sent to the transgressors via SMS notifications? Governments would become rich overnight! WAY back in the 1960s I quickly rose to the top of the computer business by working with two other people over the course of several months breaking into selected places and copying their guarded confidential information. Then, it was just trespassing. Now, it would be a long list of crimes starting with high-value theft. We were VERY careful not to get caught. Knowing how various tech companies like IBM were doing seemingly impossible things, all three of us could easily ace interviews, so we all enjoyed successful careers at the top of the computer business. If I were imprisoned under current laws for the things I did WAY back in the 1960s, I would probably STILL be in prison. All in all, this turned out to probably be the BEST decision of my life. *Steve Richfield* > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T50e86f61cc07a7b3-Mc0a879b21144f8643c984b2b> > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T50e86f61cc07a7b3-M0dbc21db9bd8165c0c375821 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
