Comments on: Ethicomp2008 http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/ Philosopher, Computer Ethicist, Web Developer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Joshua Fox http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5900 Fri, 08 May 2009 15:50:25 +0000 http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5900 >I'm not sure I’d go so far as to > call the things I’m talking > about “non-anthropomorphic” Exactly--you make the point that a general intelligence without a humanlike ethical system (a non-anthropomorphic intelligence) would be quite dangerous, even if the goals appear innocuous. I think that this is one point very commonly missed: Since the only general intelligence we have ever seen is human, people disregard the great variety of possible intelligences where are nothing like human. >I’m not sure I’d go so far as to
> call the things I’m talking
> about “non-anthropomorphic”
Exactly–you make the point that a general intelligence without a humanlike ethical system (a non-anthropomorphic intelligence) would be quite dangerous, even if the goals appear innocuous. I think that this is one point very commonly missed: Since the only general intelligence we have ever seen is human, people disregard the great variety of possible intelligences where are nothing like human.

]]> by: Thom Blake http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5886 Thu, 07 May 2009 12:53:27 +0000 http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5886 Hi, Thanks for bringing this post to my attention - I had promised to post more about the paper, but never did - expect something soon! I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call the things I'm talking about "non-anthropomorphic"; one of the points I'm trying to get traction on is that we need humanlike robots if we are to relate to them at all. There are a lot of folks working on that sort of thing. For a survey, I suggest <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195374045?ie=UTF8&tag=thobla-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195374045" rel="nofollow">Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thobla-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195374045" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen. SIAI even gets a mention. Hi,

Thanks for bringing this post to my attention - I had promised to post more about the paper, but never did - expect something soon!

I’m not sure I’d go so far as to call the things I’m talking about “non-anthropomorphic”; one of the points I’m trying to get traction on is that we need humanlike robots if we are to relate to them at all.

There are a lot of folks working on that sort of thing. For a survey, I suggest Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong by Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen. SIAI even gets a mention.

]]> by: Joshua Fox http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5883 Thu, 07 May 2009 08:09:16 +0000 http://thomblake.com/2008/09/18/ethicomp2008/#comment-5883 Hi Thom, Wonderful that you spoke on this at the conference -- it's good to have serious academic work in this area. Do you know of any other researchers beyond SIAI affiliates working in this specific area (ethical goal-systems of non-anthropomorphic general intelligences)? Hi Thom,

Wonderful that you spoke on this at the conference — it’s good to have serious academic work in this area. Do you know of any other researchers beyond SIAI affiliates working in this specific area (ethical goal-systems of non-anthropomorphic general intelligences)?

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