[aiethics] Thought experiment: Punishment of robots...

[Richard Wallace]

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



> Example: If a shepherd's dog got mad and bit your son, would you say =
that
> the whole species should be killed or just that one particular dog? =
Sure,
> all shepherd's dogs are equal to some extent and they all COULD bite a
> human, but many of them just don't...
>
That's a false analogy if for no other reason than AIs reproduce by =
cloning,
not sexual reproduction.

If I were Commander Data I would backup my positronic brain every day.
You can always order a new android body from Honda.

Rich