Brad Wyble wrote: > > Under the ethical code you describe, the AGI would swat > them like a bug with no more concern than you swatting a mosquito. >
I did not describe an ethical code, I described two scenarios about a human (myself) then suggested the non-bug-swatting scenario was possible, analogically, for an AGI. > > All I'm trying to do is shift the focus for a few moments to our own > ethical standards as people. If we were put into the shoes of an > AGI, would we behave well towards the inferior species? > I presume from the phrase "If we were put into the shoes of an AGI" that human morality and ethics would come along for the ride. If that is what you meant: then it depends on which human you pick as to what happens. I have observed both altruism and cruelty, obsession and indifference in human behaviour toward other species. It bears some thinking about just exactly what one would do in such a situation... I know I have often thought about it. > > Philip brings up the point that a community AGI's could possibly > self-police. I agree. > I don't. Policing is only useful/meaningful within a community of almost equal actors that have very little real power. If the actors are not almost equally powerful then you have the 'human and a bug' scenario. If the actors have a very large amount of power, then a single 'transgression' could wipe us all out before any 'policing action' could be initiated. > > Nor, would one presume, on an AGI's. They might end up with it > anyway. > I would not presume that so readily. Taking it as a given that we are discussion a Friendly AGI, I would say that there would be significant utility in obtaining a great deal of power. Not to 'Lord it over the petty humans', but to protect them both internal and external threats. Michael Roy Ames ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
