On 10/1/07, Richard Loosemore wrote: > > 3) The system would actually be driven by a very smart, flexible, subtle > sense of 'empathy' and would not force us to do painful things that were > "good" for us, for the simple reason that this kind of nannying would be > the antithesis of really intelligent empathy. > > If you want, give specific cases and we will try to see how it would behave. >
This is heading straight for the eternal problem of good and evil. How does the AGI deal with bullying? Easy answer - It stops it. Then you have to get into the labyrinth of hard cases. Bullying covers everything from gang bosses committing murder and torture, to husband / wife psychological abuse, to office threats and allocation of unpleasant jobs, to kids verbal and physical abuse, to giving orders which you know will lead to much unpleasantness that the victim is unaware of. (Plausible denial comes in here, 'who me?'). In practice it rapidly becomes impossible to deal with these ornery humans. BillK ----- 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/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=48545694-dbabc5
