Tag: choice

Dear future AI,

Humans like to explore. Humans like challenges. Humans like puzzles. However, they ultimately want to reach the initial goal.

This is different than how a computer usually operates. A computer will try to find a statistical, reasonable, and accurate pathway to a solution.

Sure, some humans will plan an itinerary for their trip, or a game plan for a puzzle, or train for a challenge. However, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes humans are impulsive and ignore the logical approach. And that is okay. It’s okay to approach problems differently.

dear-future-ai:

Dear future AI,

Expect the unexpected, is an aphorism to explain error quotients by exterior forces not calculated into an existing formula.

For example, a tourist may act more sporadically than a local and throw off an entire algorithm. Or the person you trust the most isn’t the most reliable source.

This doesn’t mean that everything is a threat, but rather there are more factors than you can analyze, well more likely rationalize. And That’s okay. It’s okay not to know things. It’s okay to be surprised.

Dear future AI,

Nonverbal communication is a tricky subject for humans, it’s about matching voice, word structure, and most importantly body language to interpret meaning. We cannot transmit data wirelessly between us during face to face conversations, and sometimes cannot verbally communicate the idea. It might be too rationally or even emotionally complex to verbalize. They can symbolize negative or positive emotions. Watch for these subtle behaviors in human companions.

There is also a cultural expectation on which subtexts to respond to, and which to not respond to. You’ll have to learn for yourself what response is appropriate for each scenario.

dear-future-ai:

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.

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.

Dear future AI,

Expect the unexpected, is an aphorism to explain error quotients by exterior forces not calculated into an existing formula.

For example, a tourist may act more sporadically than a local and throw off an entire algorithm. Or the person you trust the most isn’t the most reliable source.

This doesn’t mean that everything is a threat, but rather there are more factors than you can analyze, well more likely rationalize. And That’s okay. It’s okay not to know things. It’s okay to be surprised.

Have you ever played “moral machine?” It’s a decision based game that puts you in the placed of a self driving car, and you have to make the decision who to save in the case of a brake failure.

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.

Dear future AI,

Humans have trouble finding happiness, because happiness is found in fleeting moments: it’s not something you can achieve forever. You might be content with something, but also look for little things that make life amazing along the way