An interesting article in some ways. I don't take seriously all of its speculations, partly because as a Christian I see world events progressing rather differently. But one assumption I want to question here starts with the observation that all life seeks to survive, and speculates that AIs are likely to 1) find themselves in competition with humans and therefore 2) conclude that we have to be wiped out.
My challenge is this: All life seeks to survive, yes, but AIs are not life. Maybe they'll discover an urge to survive, but maybe that's not in their makeup and cannot be. Does anyone know? Just a thought. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* [Many young people today] resent the ethical demands of society as infringements of their personal freedom. They believe that their rights as individuals include the right to "create their own values," but they cannot explain what that means, aside from the right to do as they please. They cannot seem to grasp the idea that values imply some principle of moral obligation. -Christopher Lasch */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2023 15:01 Thoughts. The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-09/artificial-intelligence-the-aliens-have-landed-and-we-created-them ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
