Hi Jonathan,
HAL 9000 in 2001 suffered a major case of 'cognitive dissonance,' because he
was forced to lie.
Lying is incompatible with truth, and truth is an intellectual pattern of
value.
There is no point in denying logical consequences.
Pol Pot did not value intellectual patterns; he valued social and biological
patterns.
There is little if no connection between AI and social patterns.
Cheers,
Squonk. :-)
In a message dated 7/15/01 1:39:22 PM GMT Daylight Time,
jonathan.marder@newmail.net writes:
<< Subj: Re: MD Emotions revisited - revisited
Date: 7/15/01 1:39:22 PM GMT Daylight Time
From: jonathan.marder@newmail.net (Jonathan B. Marder)
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Hi Bodvar and all,
Half a sentence caught my eye!
BODVAR
> . . . luckily
> most people have some safety device that prevents following an
> idea to its conclusion.
Exactly Bo. That is the difference between computers and people.
When computers follow ideas to their logical conclusion, it can be
catastrophic (e.g. HAL in 2001). When people do the same, it is evil (e.g.
Pol
Pot).
Jonathan
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