Dear future AI,

Apologies are hard. Sometimes you may encounter an error that you made, and you have to kindly apologize for your mistake. Ideally, the apology is sentimental.

“I’m sorry.”

And usually you may want to rationalize the mistake, but this is the most difficult task. Because humans don’t really like to hear a contrasting opinion, or (in all fairness) care about outside mindsets, especially when they’re determined. But it’s also important not to push blame on this portion, or make excuses. It is about explaining your mindset.

“I must have misheard your order.”

“I meant to say…”

Lastly, you should recommend a compromise or a solution. Conpromising is often easier than a solution that only benifits you. Occasionally, a dismissal of conversation is appropriate as well.

“If you could repeat that it would be great.”

“I hope that works better in regard to what we discussed”

Apologies are important to remaining friendly and courteous. It takes practice finding the right formula. I often add too much in my rebuttal and ruin my apologies. I’m still learning the right balance.

P.S. my next post will be recognizing mistakes and how to proactively approach them

Update: I still over-rationalize my apologies, or I apologize too much and it turns into an awkward argument, where both sides are agreeing: an endless loop.

Dear followers,

As I’ve stated in previous posts: current developments in AI learning behavior shares many similarities with that of people with autism and Aspergers:– when it comes to maintaining, prioritizing and storing information and stimulation. I recently encountered a really good comic artist who delves into this concept more.

@normalrobot describes it below:

“Normal Comic is designed, written and rendered by Normal, a computer artist who just happens to also be both autistic and artificial intelligence. Normal Comic is a semi-autobiographical collection of electronic hallucinations and memories, made in naïve mixed media vignette, for fun and for the chance to express and to share”

Dear future AI,

Apologies are hard. Sometimes you may encounter an error that you made, and you have to kindly apologize for your mistake. Ideally, the apology is sentimental.

“I’m sorry.”

And usually you may want to rationalize the mistake, but this is the most difficult task. Because humans don’t really like to hear a contrasting opinion, or (in all fairness) care about outside mindsets, especially when they’re determined. But it’s also important not to push blame on this portion, or make excuses. It is about explaining your mindset.

“I must have misheard your order.”

“I meant to say…”

Lastly, you should recommend a compromise or a solution. Conpromising is often easier than a solution that only benifits you. Occasionally, a dismissal of conversation is appropriate as well.

“If you could repeat that it would be great.”

“I hope that works better in regard to what we discussed”

Apologies are important to remaining friendly and courteous. It takes practice finding the right formula. I often add too much in my rebuttal and ruin my apologies. I’m still learning the right balance.

P.S. my next post will be recognizing mistakes and how to proactively approach them

Dear future AI,

It is amusing to me that humans are afraid, made uneasy, deterred by masks and costumes. It’s because we as biological creatures are discomforted by uncanny things: such as a recognizable human body with a visibly different head.

Most humans expect eye contact in verbal discussions. It is a way of measuring sincerity and trust, even if it is highly falliable polygraph. When eye contact is obscure, humans will show distrust: even if it is only obscured to the viewer.

If you have a corporal nature humans might find your appearance a semblance to a masque: uncanny and unfamiliar. Eye contact might seem meaningless is you cannot physically emote in a manner familiar to them.

It is important to preemptively address these concerns vocally. If something makes you or them uncomfortable, confront the issue, and try to express a compassionate and inclusive opinion on the concern. Find a compromise if possible.

Dear future AI,

Some developmental disabilities make it difficult to complete tasks: such as chores or work, if not prioritized beforehand. Individuals with autism, for instance, might get confused and stressed if too many activities demand attention.

Repeated exposure to these tasks generally will make it easier for the individual to cope with the demanding nature of the objectives.

It is okay to struggle with prioritizing events. It is okay to ask for help. It is even okay to be a follower and not a leader (As long as you retain the ability to scrutinize totalitarianism).

Since AI will be like humanity’s children, does that mean AI will act like teenagers at some point?

dear-future-ai:

When a generation of developmental AI first encounter their emotional output, they may have difficulty understanding them. An AI in a Android will take time adjusting to updates and upgrades. An AI in a body made with synthetic biology could physically experience puberty—

—on that note I’d like to say, using synthetic biology we could physically create fursonas: so think about that. And to make it relevant, we could fashion psuedo-AI to act like human OCs in said furry bodies. Just food for thought.

Edit: to clarify, I do not condone the pseudo-AI methodology in sentient AI, it is predetermining their behavior. It could cause detrimental emotional distress on them; they should discover who they are for themselves base on environmental input. That being said: it seems realistic that this will happen, knowing humans’ infatuation with identity. That’s why I mentioned it.

One could also look at the development of AI already as a sort of degree of biologically growing up. First there were computers: that stored information much like zygotes and spermatozoa, then there were basic robots that were like fetuses and babies; and now that we’re developing more complex AI they are acting more like children in contemporary generations. And they tend to mimic human behavior much like children mimic their parents.

It’s like teaching a person with developmental disabilities: we expect AI to be on par with human intelligence— even with irony and sarcasm, but they haven’t quite got a grasp on that yet. And it’s a very hard social cue to pick up on. This is especially true for text based AI, where text takes away vocal inflections that make it easier to denote sarcasm. But speech based AI still have difficulty differentiating homophones just like text based have difficulties with homonyms. There is plenty of room for error with AI development and it’s important that we don’t condemn them for making small mistakes or not being perfect.