2013/8/14 SARTAJ HUNDAL <[email protected]>: > Given the future of computation and being in a technological singularity, > how do we divert a total disaster when the 'machines' have solid bodies? > Since Hume, we have had theories about "ghosts in the machine", and if we > look even at the beginnings of AI since MIT, it's clear that the software > often has a mind of its own and takes us on courses we never intended to go > on. > > Finite-state automata, with no solution to the Halting problem, actually > have exhibited free will and agency. In that respect, how do we reclassify > our notions of human and animal rights when such a species actually has the > entire compendium of human history, knowledge and the universe? Think Data > from Star Trek.
Given the recent activity on our vote threads, I fear this has already happened. Kristian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
