Wouildn't that depend on the programming and training? Some people lack an impulse to preserve themselves. Consider reckless behavior and suicide attempts.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2023 7:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AI wipes out humanity? 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? --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* For Sale: Toddler bed, white metal frame, practically new but had monsters under it, $20 -from Reader's Digest, Feb 1999 */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2023 16:36 There are a lot of questions that are best answered by asking "What do you mean by life?"; in this case, what do you mean by life? Is a virus alive? A prion? An organization not based on proteins and RNA? An organism not based on CHON, P, S and a few stray metals? ________________________________________ From: [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2023 3:57 PM 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. -----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-intelligenc e-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
