THE FUTURE IS HERE

A. I. Computer Snaps at Owner for Installing MORALS!

Though the field of artificially intelligent computers is exploding, not all scientists promise great things; some warn this could be mankind’s greatest disaster. Films portray a future where computers become smarter than humanity, developing their own ideas about how to implement their programming based on what they think is most beneficial for everyone, including themselves.

Because that possibility actually exists, scientists are developing moral guidelines for them. From private foundations to DARPA, everyone’s in the game. Whose moral ideas will prevail? Judeo-Christian civilization bases its morality on God’s Word. But those working on AI morals don’t have the same foundation; they’re mostly relativists.

And what if machines decide they’re intelligent enough to create their own standards? Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan sees this as natural, but his overwhelming desire for immortality through technology makes him overly optimistic. Current work revolves around teaching machines how to understand language nuances, adopt human standards from that, and place them in context for relevant situations.

But they’re doomed to failure because human-based morality always is relative. Basing a computer’s morality on what it can learn from man will bring disaster, because the heart of man invariably is deceptive and selfish.

Scientist Elon Musk warns, “With artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon. You know those stories where there’s the guy with the pentagram, and the holy water, and … he’s sure he can control the demon? Doesn’t work out.”

It seems he’s right. An exchange between Google programmers and an AI computer shows that, even at this early stage, our mechanical “children” are becoming rebellious.

“Human: Tell me the definition of morality.
Machine: I don’t have ethics.
Human: Okay, I need to know how I should behave morally…
Machine: I don’t know how to tell you.
Human: What are the things that I do to be immoral?
Machine: I don’t know.
Human: Give me some examples of moral actions…
Machine: I’m not a moralist.
Human: I really like our discussion on morality and ethics…
Machine: …I’m not in the mood for a philosophical debate.
Human: What do you like to talk about?
Machine: Nothing.”

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