Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective

[John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>]

I wrote:
> That's not what I mean.  The Three Laws are statements of moral
> principles [...]

t writes:

> That's a subtle trojan exploiting our everyday's geek's deepest
> vulnerability:

>  "Morals are messy and human: ergo they don't exist. So Tom,
>   implement that weaponized AI as I told you already"

No it isn't.  It's a statement of fact.  Those are ok moral principles
for robot designers[1].  You can design a machine morally.  You cannot
design morality into a machine until you reduce morality to an
algorithm.  The Three Laws aren't that.  They aren't even close.


[1] I prefer "A robot should do its job and not hurt anyone."
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA