AW: [aiethics] First step
Christian Droßmann
drossmann@arcormail.de
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:17:12 +0400
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Christian, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=080311214-17062001>Hello Andreas,
it's good to see you've finally overcome your fear of posting
:-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not only, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>because I am =
sure that everyone of
us </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>has to discuss these =
HAL-Borg-Terminator-like
reservations</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with people who are not familiar with =
ALICEs
helpful restriction</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>called "case-based-reasoning", =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but because </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>nobody knows the future</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and nobody likes to play the role of =
Epimetheus,
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the man who opened PANDORAS BOX =
without thinking
it over before.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But to avoid his misake </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and to prevent this whole =
discussion
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>to become nothing else but a =
paper
tiger,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think </FONT><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>we
should ask ourselves </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>the first =
question of
every ethics: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Am I really ready to change my
behavior</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> because of a =
good argument
-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> or does every argument which =
would force me
to change my behavior </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> seem to be pure nonsense =
because I
simply want to go on the way I am used to?"<SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN =
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color=#0000ff>For humans it is always difficult to admit that one is =
wrong...no matter how good an argument is, there will always be a =
"but.."
as an answer to it and many people tend to ignore things they cannot =
falsify
as soon as they don't have an actual argument against it or simply =
call it
"wrong" or "a matter of =
opinion"...</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=080311214-17062001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN =
class=080311214-17062001><FONT
color=#0000ff>Although I'd say that many issues DO depend on
opinions and ethical values a
lot...</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN =
class=080311214-17062001><FONT
color=#0000ff>I too cannot answer this question, for I am only human =
:-)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN =
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color=#0000ff>Christian</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQ=
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