[aiethics] Anthropocentric Assumptions

[Richard Wallace]

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


I didn't mean to make a list of anthropocentric assumptions that we =
agree or
disagree with, just a list of
assumptions people could make.

1a. Consciousness (self-awareness, sentience) exists.

1b. Consciousness exists only in humans..

2a.  The assumption that a bot would be violent enough to kill
 somebody.

2b. This may sound weird but I think that the assumtion would NOT be =
violent
enough
to kill is anthropocentric too.

3. Neural networks are necessary for intelligence.

 4. There is a distinction between humans and animals.

5a. The brain is too complex, processes too much data, too fast, and has
such vast storage capacity that no existing or conceivable computer =
could
duplicate its functions.

5b. The brain is more complex than any computer we can buy today for a
reasonable price.