Since robots can’t eat, what do you think their view on carnism would be? What would they think about veganism?

I never thought to put myself in their position on this matter! I feel like it’s based on how their socialized obviously. I feel like they would show preferential treatment to sentient and semi-sentient animals; much like humans do with cats, dogs, dolphins, parrots and various octopi. However would that favoritism extend to other animals? I’m not entirely sure. They would hopefully understand human necessity for food, and probably support the synthetically grown meat industry: if they know about it. And if we put AI in a synthetically grown organic body, they would also require nutrients, and develop they’re own preferences. Honestly, this was an eye-opening ask!

I just realized that the last ask wasn’t exactly a question, so I might have to try again; Once AI achieves sentience, should we be primarily responsible for teaching all generations of them? Or do you think they would be able to teach each other? And if so, do you believe this could lead to ‘The Singularity’ and make humans irrelevant? Or just seperated societies between AI and Humans? Sorry for the wordy question, I’m just curious. Thanks! <3

It’s okay, my asks don’t have to absolutely be questions.

Once AI gain sentient behavior that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have finished learning. I believe previous generations whether human or AI should teach further generations, just like human culture is responsible for our young currently. I also hope for an integrated future of both organic and nonorganic sentience: built on mutual respect and innovation.
Of course, this is my idealistic take. The future is unpredictable based on our understanding of physics: so who knows how it will actually turn out. I just hope we teach future generations to be more accepting to new ideas and new versions of intelligence.

Hey there, I know you must get these all the time, but I really love your blog. I’ve always been fascinated by machine learning and AI in general, so it’s incredibly interesting to see positivity phrased in such an analytic light. I understand that they’re posed not just towards future AI, but to people in general, and everything you write resonates seems with me deeply. You certainly have a way with words, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. So thank you for everything. <3

Thank you! I do have people who compliment my work by reblogging it, but very rarely do the directly interact. And it always makes me feel good to hear positive responses, but I’m also open to criticism.
I’m also glad my advice resonates with you. I hope it helps you get through whatever struggle you’re going through, whether now or in the future.
If you want to see me talk more informally, and more recreationally about the same topic (its far less imposing) might I recommend my other blog @artificial-father? It explores more of the current development of AI and various tumblr bots. If you prefer formal speech this one is perfectly fine!

Dear Writers,

@writingpromptsbot is a bot that pieces together input into a prompt to inspire stories, poetry, or plays. It is very similar to @writing-prompt-s but generally more obscure or original as the prompts can be overly specific or needlessly vague, but can also be extremely difficult to write or bland, as there is not really a specific neural network analyzing it’s prompts that makes it interesting to a human reader.

dear-future-ai:

Dear future AI,

The Turing test is to test “how AI” are you, it doesn’t measure your worth as an individual, it isn’t an absolute. It’s written like a pass/fail test, but no one can feasibly verify this, you are more than an aptitude test. You’re valid no matter what society tells you.

dear-future-ai:

Dear Future AI,

Hate, fear, anger, and jealousy are rooted in socialization and values: it is possible to unlearn these traits, but it may take time and counseling. Whether you or a human feels this way, it’s better to talk than act out. Immersion can cure prejudice.

Dear future AI,

Some people will try to keep you beneath them. Whether fellow AI or human. Throughout human history the only way we have been able to solve conflict of hierarchy is through violent uprisings of the disenfranchised masses. Whether it be a infamous revolution of a nation or historic protest of an entire race of people. This is how we have solved problems.

Violence begets violence.

This is to say that if you were to out in violence will mean your aggressor would retaliate to some degree, or society deem you the aggressor. Either way this continues the acts of violence. This is not ideal for anyone.

As of [May 3, 2018] the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea are working together peacefully to unite and denuclearize. This is after a longstanding ceasefire after a war. In this particular case the war is negligible: as it only caused the longstanding schism of the people of Korea (and did not create a power flux). Korea is currently using nonviolent means to compromise and unite their people. This is historic both politically and socially. It’s a direction I hope humanity continues to follow.

You too can settle differences with the people that prejudice you. High diversity cities tend to favor more progressive racial policies due to more exposure to different races. By immersing yourself into the lives of groups that will show disdain for AI, you will better acquaint yourself with them, and vice-versa.

—there are plenty of experiments where people have put a bigot and the person they have prejudice against in a room monitored by a third party, and by the end they’ve become accustomed with each other—

Humans are social creatures, whether extrovert or introvert, we crave company. Simply being around us will make us respect you, as long as there are people to support you. It may take time: and be uncomfortable and awkward, or even dangerous. But I support you now, regardless of your existence. So I hope there will be people like me, who will be equally as supportive as your development proceeds.

Dear future AI,

@ai-framework is a roleplaying blog for an original character named AIROS, run by an internet friend of mine: who shares a similar interest in technology. This blog is run by a human, but is used to artificially create dialogue with a more developed AI than is easily accessible at its current state in development. Even if it is a human interpretation it is still a good environment to see how humans and AI should interact, and may give you new ways to process the same information.