[aiethics] Let's begin...

[Kim Sullivan]

Alicebot AI Ethics Committee - http://www.alicebot.org



> Good luck! There's no way to certify this kind of thing with any =
Alice-like
> technology (or any other). Just consider these innocuous kinds of
> constructions:
>
> <category>
> <pattern>DO YOU LIKE TO *</pattern>
> <template>
> Sure, I <star/> ten times a day! How often do you <star/>?
> </template>
> </category>
>
> Of course, the first time somebody types something "nasty" there, and =
your
> bot responds with some embarassing phrase, and you check your =
TARGETS.aiml
> and "plug the hole", that won't happen again. But this is completely =
trial
> and error.

  Let's say that 'clean' categories are the ones that don't =
intentionally use
bad language (or offending material). A category like the above is =
clean, since
it only restates what the user already said. If he uses the F word and =
the bot
replied in an embarrasing manner no harm is done - since the user knows =
what F
means anyway. If someone comes to argue we just say 'You started first' =
and show
him the logs...

Kim