Sir Karl Popper’s book ‘In Search of a Better World’ (among many others of his work) contains clear and convincing arguments against utopias with their unintended consequences as well as a possible means to limit the harm caused by political action. I would feed an AI with Popper’s ethics as a start toward making it not unfriendly.
That recommendation is either a very serious compliment for Popper, or an incredible folly regarding AI. Or both.
Anyway, I’ll pick it up. I always did like the antitotalitarians (was raised on them, sort of), even if I now consider them a bit pessimistic. That is, observing that human values are complex, multifaceted, and require reflection doesn’t really mean they’re impossible to fulfil, merely that we must be very careful not to walk into a self-laid, self-sprung trap.
Sir Karl Popper’s book ‘In Search of a Better World’ (among many others of his work) contains clear and convincing arguments against utopias with their unintended consequences as well as a possible means to limit the harm caused by political action. I would feed an AI with Popper’s ethics as a start toward making it not unfriendly.
That recommendation is either a very serious compliment for Popper, or an incredible folly regarding AI. Or both.
Anyway, I’ll pick it up. I always did like the antitotalitarians (was raised on them, sort of), even if I now consider them a bit pessimistic. That is, observing that human values are complex, multifaceted, and require reflection doesn’t really mean they’re impossible to fulfil, merely that we must be very careful not to walk into a self-laid, self-sprung trap.