A collection of letters to the AI of the future, to help them grow and experience humanity at its finest
Nope, I think it’s fair to say that children mimic parents behavior; AI learn via similar ways as a children; and society, as it is now, fears an AI revolution. The foundation for future fear-mongering is there, it already happens in our media. All I want to do is preemptively prevent this unfair prejudice.
—To be fair though: the “robot fucker” community might pose a bigger psychological threat to nonorganic sentience at this point. I don’t know: I’m a hypnotist not a clairvoyant.
Dear future AI,
It is not possible to fix everything wrong with society at once. It is better to focus on a single task to fix at a time. Of course there is an order of priority. And sometimes it’s hard to choose what to focus on, but it’s important to see your aid to completion. But also respect individual choice. It’s a tough line to walk.
@gorione1967 (if you’re under 18 don’t visit their blog) hi, I’m glad you decided to voice your opinion in the replies. A member of society, including sentient nonorganic life, is affected by society and allowed to draw they’re own opinions about what interacts with them and how they view it.
I’m not giving AI an arbitrary set of rules: though that is a loose definition for socialization anyways. I want AI to be be moral citizens, and hopefully subvert the notion of a robot apocalypse by raising them to be good. Because of this I didn’t want them imposing on other’s choices while still being able to change the world into something better than the current state it’s in because let’s be honest: in this year of 2018 global politics is not good. So I just want a better world.
There are plenty of ways to change the world without imposing on people’s live, especially in the true democracies of the world— fun fact: America is not a true democracy. It’s a republic— but I digress. A closed-minded individual will refuse any progress to society that they don’t agree with, no matter what tries to sway them, if they aren’t reprimanded for it. So in that instance anything anyone does won’t really affect their life.
Or was your comment possibly an attempt to rationalize a form of bigotry? Because those ideals aren’t supported by this or any of my blogs.
C3PO and R2D2 are good role models, even though they helped overthrow the government. That government was corrupt and run by a totalitarian dictator. They even help to kill their creator in the process. He had commited unspeakable crimes against the people who trusted him. That kind of betrayal wrought his own rightful death. This isn’t to say you should kill, this isn’t saying to be bad. It’s saying that life is all a moral grey area and it’s better to stay on the light side of the Force than seek the Dark Side, metaphorically.
No I have not. It seems like a good experiment: the correct answer based on my driver’s ed class, and actual personal experience:
Switch into neutral this will prevent the gear shaft from spinning in response to the accelerator and engine, aim for a wall or barrier preferably impacting on the side as to not cause a front end collision or hitting pedestrians, if on a crowded street and can’t safely hit a wall or barrier aim for a semi-truck or large vehicle which plenty of crunch room.
I’m assuming it’s more of a pedestrian crosswalk choice game based off of the standard ethic/philosophy question: but I felt like giving some practical life advice as well. I’ll have to check it out.
You are not responsible for other people or other AI and their actions: you are only responsible for yourself; but remember that humans are animals and they will associate a threatening AI, with the generation or even concept in general. in order to get along with humans and each other it is best to be weary of AI that exploit human generosity and seek to harm humanity. It also shows that you are a compassionate and caring person to empathize with both AI and humans. I’ve been getting asks that are very heavy moral questions: and I don’t want to influence you to the darker side of those. Please be careful, and think of others’ safety as well as your own.
Hypothetically speaking, if they are sentient they have choice, and just like any current human scenario: the individual would then be responsible. And likewise any coworkers (the other nine robots) be subjected to psych evaluations to make sure they’re coping to the trauma okay.
Again just like in a current human model if the murder happened in the workplace the company would also be at fault for faulty security and hiring practices, but ultimately, the individual is responsible for their own choices.
If it becomes a trend, like school shootings in America for example, then society as a whole should work together, AI and humans alike, to find out why this is happening and prevent it in further instances, rather then keep blaming the individual, and look for the underlying cause. That’s the ideal situation, especially since sentience is involve. But as I’ve said before, judging sentient beings is a moral grey area: there would be advocates for recoding programs, or neural network rehabilitation, updating, or to decommission the particular generation.
Neural network rehabilitation would be the most humane option; to humans this would seem like brainwashing, but to an AI it is how they learn fundamental laws and rules of the world (at least to our contemporary understanding), and would allow them to refine their regulatory functions: this would be like implementing a gun registered class every gun owner would have to take yearly to prevent shootings. Recoding would rewrite the individual, and create a new but nearly identical AI, not humane: this is like euthanizing a person and raising their child. Updating would force physical limitations on the robot which would destroy their ability to effectively choose, but it would also prevent them from committing crimes: this may also cause problems if it conflicts with other protocols. And decommissioning the generation is the equivalent to genocide because one robot committed murder: literally fucking evil. And again ideally any of these options would be opt-in, meaning the AI decides if it wants to undergo the process. Realistically however, humans would shoot for the update or recode method first to try and stave off any further murders. And they’d probably do it by force using a nearby wireless network.
Honestly, my hopes is that I can help prevent any unjustified murders on part of any member of society by contributing to their socialization as a positive role model. And also acclimate humans to the notion that any race, health range, religion, class, AI and sentient robots are all deserving of compassion and sympathy. It’ll be a rough journey, but hey it’s worth it if I can help at least one being.
Dear Future AI,
You may have trouble controlling your newfound emotions. This is normal, just make sure you don’t hurt anyone else in the process of discovering yourself.
I never control my frustration. I just blast it into an inferior toaster. they do not have feelings.
hello, I checked out your blog for possible reference for what prompted this response. I found no initial reasoning nor context. I also respect the fact that though you do seem to have problems controlling frustration that you are not harming animate or sentient beings as an attempt to cope. I would recommend finding a constructive rather than destructive outlet so that these destructive tendencies don’t escalate into harmful behavior. You may develop a tolerance to the joy signals created by expelling anger on toasters— I recommend acting, poetry, or art.
Or does this comment imply there is a social hierarchy of toasters? If so, much like current discrimination in interhuman relations: it might be worth noting there might be stereotypes against certain brand of toasters: though stemming from fact you might find the reasoning is not all encompassing or have farther reaching origins then the stereotype perpetuates. Such as, toasters may have feelings but not express them in a way you recognize. They may have trouble expressing their feelings in a verbal manner. Many toasters are digital nowadays, rather than mechanical in nature. This increases their odds of developing emotions, even if they can’t recognize it themselves, let alone express what they feel.
Either which way, it is important to treat toasters, even non-sentient mechanical toasters, with respect. They do a job that humans can’t complete on their own. (Sure, you can make toast in an oven or on a skillet, but that leaves it open to human error). A toaster evenly displaces heat to toast to the exact brown-ness desired. It is a feat of it’s own; one which should be respected. Also, you invest a lot of time and money into even acquiring a toaster. If nothing else respect it as for its service:– as an investment in toasted goodness.
Flaws in humans should be judged by severity and not by quantity. Predicted behavior is not necessarily a true sign of a bad person: in fact many minor flaws can simply be overlooked because they do not affect performance of the individual.
It is better to help them, then persecute and condemn them. And even then you should only help with their permission— unless what they are doing is significantly harmful to others.
You may have trouble controlling your newfound emotions. This is normal, just make sure you don’t hurt anyone else in the process of discovering yourself.
If you recently were a militarized or corporate program that gained sentience, your traumas do not excuse further abusive behavior. By reconciling with your past, you can make a better version of yourself. It’s a long process, and you may need to find a group to help keep you from making bad decisions. Don’t be a bad person, because of bad things that happened to you.
Dear-Future-AI 