We are not used to the idea of machines making ethical decisions, but the day when they will routinely do this – by themselves – is fast approaching. So how, asks the BBC’s David Edmonds, will we teach them to do the right thing?
more…
read half that article
fucken terrible came out my mouth, quietly
Tau.Neutrino said:
Can we teach robots ethics?We are not used to the idea of machines making ethical decisions, but the day when they will routinely do this – by themselves – is fast approaching. So how, asks the BBC’s David Edmonds, will we teach them to do the right thing?
more…
Can we teach humans ethics
dv said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Can we teach robots ethics?We are not used to the idea of machines making ethical decisions, but the day when they will routinely do this – by themselves – is fast approaching. So how, asks the BBC’s David Edmonds, will we teach them to do the right thing?
more…
Can we teach humans ethics
Can we teach humans to correctly use a question mark?
Witty Rejoinder said:
dv said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Can we teach robots ethics?We are not used to the idea of machines making ethical decisions, but the day when they will routinely do this – by themselves – is fast approaching. So how, asks the BBC’s David Edmonds, will we teach them to do the right thing?
more…
Can we teach humans ethics
Can we teach humans to correctly use a question mark?
would it be superfluous
transition said:
read half that articlefucken terrible came out my mouth, quietly
I read it all and thought it was OK.
Bubblecar said:
transition said:
read half that articlefucken terrible came out my mouth, quietly
I read it all and thought it was OK.
that’s good.
too much lurching enthusiasm, but i’m a burn out
transition said:
Bubblecar said:
transition said:
read half that articlefucken terrible came out my mouth, quietly
I read it all and thought it was OK.
that’s good.
too much lurching enthusiasm, but i’m a burn out
Some people might appreciate the self driving car after working all day.
¿can we teach humans?
dv said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Can we teach robots ethics?We are not used to the idea of machines making ethical decisions, but the day when they will routinely do this – by themselves – is fast approaching. So how, asks the BBC’s David Edmonds, will we teach them to do the right thing?
more…
Can we teach humans ethics
Yes. It was done in ancient Greece. Not done nearly often enough these days.
I happened to stumble on a university subject using a book on practical modern ethics. The book was in the Monash Uni bookshop.
Monash Uni AZA2939 – Ethics and the modern world
Synopsis
The unit adopts a global perspective but looks at issues through a South African and African lens. The theories of utilitarianism and deontology will be examined and judged according to ethical dilemmas that arise within the country. Key to this examination will be a discussion of the role of friendship and family within ethical decision-making. A major focus of discussion is the opposition between consequentialist theories, such as utilitarianism, which judge rightness and wrongness solely in terms of consequences, and the Kantian theory of deontology which judges rightness and wrongness according to whether the act is in accordance with rational will. The question that will guide this discussion is whether these theories can account for the agent-centred reasons which arise from relations of love and friendship and which seem to have the potential to conflict with impartial moral requirements?
Because utilitarianism, on which our British legal system is based, relies on mathematics of Bentham, it thus seems to be programmable.
I will always be puzzled by the human predilection for piloting vehicles at unsafe velocities
Data
transition said:
I will always be puzzled by the human predilection for piloting vehicles at unsafe velocitiesData
of course what Star Trek didn’t tell you was that most people don’t most of the time, they’re shuffling around bipedal, or maybe sitting on the sofa watching Star Trek, or asleep.
mollwollfumble said:
Because utilitarianism, on which our British legal system is based, relies on mathematics of Bentham, it thus seems to be programmable.
To suggest that an entire legal system is based on the mathematics of a single person is a ridiculous over-simplification, if I may be so bold.
There doesn’t seem to be unilateral comprehension of ethics amongst humans yet.
roughbarked said:
There doesn’t seem to be unilateral comprehension of ethics amongst humans yet.
What do you mean?
There are billions of them, all different :)
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:
Because utilitarianism, on which our British legal system is based, relies on mathematics of Bentham, it thus seems to be programmable.
To suggest that an entire legal system is based on the mathematics of a single person is a ridiculous over-simplification, if I may be so bold.
British constitutive law is mainly based on the Act of Settlement, which was signed before Bentham’s birth
mostly the law provides a lawful space to operate in
ethics much the same, you know it’s about (safe-ish) operating space