AW: [aiethics] What are humans made of?

[Jared M]

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


To say that a human mind is the same as a robot is not only to state a =
falsity, but to relinquish all that separates a human's morality and a =
robot's morality.  A human mind is a volitional consciousness, which =
means it makes choices, and I underline choices.  However, a robot's =
mind, to my knowledge of programming, does not make choices.  In fact, =
its mind works much like an animals in that it is programmed to do a =
certain thing in reaction reactant to another.  A human's mind is not =
programmed.  A human does not have instinct (no, it doesn't have =
instinct).  This means that our morality stems from the fact that we =
choose (if we do not choose or so much as use reason, in an example such =
as faith in a certain Deity, we have made the choice not to choose).  We =
become hungry but we do not automatically eat.  We make a choice based =
on hunger and our values (I don't know about you, but I value a good =
breakfast in that I won't feel hungry) to eat.  We may be hungry all our =
lives an!
d still choose not to eat.  In such an instance we will probably not =
have to sustain that behavior for very long as our lives won't sustain =
very long.  A robot (again, to my knowledge) is something very =
different.  It does NOT make a choice.  Rather it is programmed to do a =
certain thing. =20

DO NOT confuse a robot's mind with a human's.  The source of morality is =
choice.  A human is moral or immoral.  A robot is amoral.

Of course, I mean not to accuse anyone of any false relationships but I =
mean to warn against them.  =20

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