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What is the social/ethical/legal status of AnthroPCs?
Is it cold in here?:
Without some equivalent of a conscience, AnthroPCs would be psychopaths, and could never be tolerated in general society. They'd have to be restricted to prisons and CEO positions.
Loki:
There is a theory (I am using the non-scientific term here) saying that there are a lot of psychopaths who are clever enough to not let on that they are psychopaths, and walk through society unrecognized. I think that a sufficiently advanced AI wouldn't need conscience to be able to give the impression to have it. (Yes, I know that Momo addressed the "how are AIs not thinking faster than humans" point with Emily somewhere).
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Loki on 25 Apr 2013, 11:36 ---There is a theory (I am using the non-scientific term here) saying that there are a lot of psychopaths who are clever enough to not let on that they are psychopaths, and walk through society unrecognized.
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I know a psychopath who behaves as if they have a conscience. They were convinced by Kant that that's the best way to go. Emotionally, they lack empathy, but intellectually, they fake it so well that unless they told you, you wouldn't know.
In many ways a very admirable person, proceeding through intellectual analysis what others require emotion to go through.
As they told me, fake it 24/7 for long enough and it becomes a habit that no longer requires conscious thought. It's just easier to treat other objects/people equally, even kindly, thereby maximising their own happiness. And avoiding the "angry peasant" rule....
Valdís:
@Zoe: That seems quite apropos of a SMBC from earlier this week:
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:-D But yeah, I can very much respect that of them. Nothing negative about individuals capable of overcoming it like that.
Sidhekin:
--- Quote from: Kurt Vonnegut ---We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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... it just seemed to fit the Kantian psychopath. 8-)
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