[alicebot-aiethics] Interesting Article

Richard Wallace alicebot-aiethics@list.alicebot.org
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:02:03 -0700


The A.I. ethics committee is open to Stephen Hawking and Bill Joy, should
they decide to join us.
Rich

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> > Well, actually I am a bit disappointed that even Stephen
> > Hawking has joined the club of technophobics... There might
> > be a chance that AI will outsmart the human race in a very
> > distant future, but whether this will be to our disadvantage
> > or even a danger to us is questionable in my opinion...and I
> > also would not consider engineering the human DNA to increase
> > our IQ a valid solution, if it is a solution at all...
>
> Yes. It is even more disappointing to learn that Hawking has joined the
> Eugenics Club.
>
> -Cf
>
>
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