On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Jan Matusiewicz <[email protected]> wrote:
> AGI should show us the truth. It shouldn't be deliberately biased. And > this is the best weapon against racism. Racism is irrational - it comes > from, built in human nature, bias against aliens. Humans have a tendency to > generalize negative features of units to whole groups in a very different > way for our group and the alien group. We have examples of that in the > history and now. The idea that some nations should be eradicated or > enslaved because they so much differ from our nation is riddiculous. But is > was very popular. Assuming that all people from particular countries should > be banned from entering your country is also irrational but appealing for > many. > Slavery and genocide is of course a bad thing! We can objectively define those things. But can you objectively define racism? Where do you draw the line? Is acknowledging that there are genetic differences between races, which goes beyond cosmetics, itself a form of racism? Is drawing correlations between race and anything else a form of racism? What if an AGI were to disagree with you on that (whatever your opinion is)? What if an AGI were to disagree with another AGI on that? It's a pretty bold claim to say that this is a clear cut case of objectivity. If that were so, there wouldn't be any room for debate, but there clearly is if you're one of the few who hasn't turned your social network into an echo chamber by now. Taking this one step further, with your own example, what if AGI were to determine that slavery of 5% of the population was the only viable way for human prosperity? The "threat" is not that we won't be able to shut it off, but that we won't want to. I'm not sure that AGI can even save humanity from itself anymore. > An AGI which tries to be as objective as possible would be free from this > dangerous tendency. This would make political correctness unnecessary for > it. However it is possible that people would interpret its finding in a > racist way. For example it may find out that ethnic group A is better at IQ > tests then group B, but this is be due to lower educational level of B. > Some people would repeat only the first part of its finding. > On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:51 Dr Miles Dyson, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If the world is such that the data that exists supports empirical and >> scientific racism (or insert your politically incorrect world view here), >> how could we create a AGI that could avoid (or minimize the likelihood of >> it) taking such an undesirable view? >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/28565694-f30243b8> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/2552162-5fb4be76> | Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
