The prospect of robots causing harm is not only a theoretical SIAI-style consideration. At the moment I'm adding a manipulator arm to a telerobot, and the intention here is to allow some useful household jobs to be done using the robot, such as sweeping or mopping up, via an internet based interface. However, the robot isn't highly specialised, like a Roomba, so it could potentially pick up any kind of implement. It's worthwhile thinking about not only the possible beneficial uses but also the ways in which people might try to abuse the technology - the robotic equivalents of spam/viruses/malware.
Incidentally, once a significant amount of data is recorded from human use of a telerobot getting the robot to do some things autonomously becomes a data mining exercise. On 23/04/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hopefully not the future of AGI... http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/22/torboto-the-robot-that-tortures-people/ [Warning: contents could be offensive to some... crude humor etc. ...] -- Ben G ------------------------------ This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&;
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