So, I have to write my thesis paper on Artificial Intelligence. It’s probably one of the hardest papers I’ve ever had to write, not necessarily because the material is difficult or esoteric, but because I actually have to think.

When I was doing my A.I. research I noticed this HUGE, BLATANT inconsistency that most, I dunno what do you call these people, A.I.-Believers/Supports/Pursuers kind of dismiss or don’t bother addressing because it clearly would often FUCK UP THEIR SHIT and they wouldn’t want that.

The thing is this: The promise of A.I. is to have intelligent robots that will serve us. The promise of A.I. is that we will have robots that will be able to simulate us (humans) to the extent of which we believe they are human.

The problem is this: You cannot have self-aware, conscious, robots that will serve you. [Insert Skynet Reference Here] Ideally, we want super-smart-human-passable robots that will cater to our needs and make our lives all the more awesome. But in order for a robot to be believably human it has to think for itself, make choices, be self-aware, agree and dissent. We don’t want this. We want you (robots) to be smart, perhaps even smarter than ourselves (humans) AND obey. But we can’t have our cake and eat it to.

So then I ask you, THE FATES?! WHY?! Why would we pursue Artificial Intelligence? Why would we want to create something in our own image, if we already exist? Moreover, in our politically correct, liberal society, why would we want to create another race of being, as cognizant as us, be forced to give them rights and integrate them into society, just so they can ween us out of it and make us presumably obsolete.

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Posted: May 4th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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