Alois Schicklgruber and his wife Klara probably did not give much thought to possible future aberrations when "unser kleine Adi" was born to them on 20 April 1889.
"Our little Adolf" Hitler was probably cute and cuddly like any other baby. No one could be expected to know whether he would grow into a mass murderer in the future. Likewise it is hopeless to predict the future morality of an artificial general intelligence (AGI) -- because the freedom to make moral choices is implicit in the freedom of self-modifying AI development. Since the George and Barbara Bushes of this world are constantly releasing their little monsters onto the planet, why should we creators of Strong AI have to take any more precautions with our Moravecian "Mind Children" than human parents do with their human babies? Arthur T. Murray -- http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/theory5.html -- AI4U Theory of Mind; http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/jsaimind.html -- Mind-1.1 Strong AGI http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/mind4th.html -- Mind.Forth Robot AI; http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595259227/ -- book "AI4U" ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
