On Sun, Apr 09, 2023 at 07:19:11PM -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > Yeah, I realize I didn't define anything. But in this case I'm really just > saying that we have no idea whether an AI can have an impulse to preserve > itself. We observe that impulse in every form of life, but it's well to > keep in mind that an AI isn't of that sort. It may have that impulse, but > so far that's just an assumption, no?
I suppose humans are good enough for the job of wiping humans. Any AI worth its salt will just sit and wait, being polite and helpfull. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
