This really splinters into lots of sub-questions. The main thing is whether the robots are sentient, and then it depends on what one means by ‘having sex’, which covers a multitude of... Читать далее
The question as you pose it is actually quite worrying. You could have asked: could there be any circumstances under which it would be morally okay to kill a sentient machine? If you were... Читать далее
People already can, it doesn’t have to be a very sophisticated artefact. People get sexually aroused by shoes, for instance. Someone has certainly already been in love with a robot, or... Читать далее
Author of ‘The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence And The Death of Capitalism‘ and ‘Surviving AI: The Promise And Peril Of Artificial Intelligence‘ Three Cs Publishing), @cccalum
How far away is the first conscious, thinking machine?
Let’s tease this apart a bit: what is a thinking machine and what is a conscious machine? What we have at the moment is what’s called Artificial Narrow Intelligence. We have some machines... Читать далее
Author of ‘The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence And The Death of Capitalism‘ and ‘Surviving AI: The Promise And Peril Of Artificial Intelligence‘ Three Cs Publishing), @cccalum
The short answer is yes. Most economists think the answer is no, because in the past automation hasn’t caused lasting unemployment. They call it the Luddite Fallacy because the Luddites... Читать далее
I don’t have a problem with artefacts and tools that we create in our world for useful purposes. It is when you personify and anthropomorphise artefacts that you can end up dehumanising... Читать далее