Just reading up on today's comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2085 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2085)), and I know that this should be in the weekly discussion panel, but I feel that it is too profound to end up there (if my judgement is wrong, then the moderators can do what they must do)...
It should not be until then that we unlock the secrets of AI, otherwise... well, who knows how the future will turn out, but I doubt any intelligent beings would put up with our crap for long.
Given the dates that Jeph gave for the UN speech on AI rights, I'm getting the feeling that 9/11 may have never happened in the QC universe.
Legislation doesn't get passed overnight. It took a lot of time, I suspect, to get the AIERA ratified.
An aside: why do I think that more AI's are like Charlotte (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) in their attitude towards humans than like Pintsize?
An aside: why do I think that more AI's are like Charlotte (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) in their attitude towards humans than like Pintsize?Having forgotten that strip/character, I wonder if it's telling that my first thought was of this Charlotte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web), and her patient, kind nurturing.
Legislation doesn't get passed overnight. It took a lot of time, I suspect, to get the AIERA ratified.True. One simple statement would not hold much sway in the courts and the political system...
An aside: why do I think that more AI's are like Charlotte (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) in their attitude towards humans than like Pintsize?Pintsize, in so far as behavioural patterns go, is indeed an abnormality in the AnthroPC community, from what we've seen so far. Whether it be from some of the "questionable content" (pun probably not intended, but it stays) that Marten used to frequent (as some people know and many people find out, free porn sites are a haven for malware and viruses), or just some smartass disposition from the military development of his chassis is open to debate, but so far he's definitely been one of a kind.
advanced military AI Pintsizes running intel operations
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Given the dates that Jeph gave for the UN speech on AI rights, I'm getting the feeling that 9/11 may have never happened in the QC universe.
It would make sense. Conspiracy theories notwithstanding, 9/11 was caused by a massive failure of our ridiculously idiotic, bumbling intelligence groups. In the QCVerse, with advanced military AI Pintsizes running intel operations instead of fleshy fools, it stands to reason that the hijackers would have been uncovered and caught before they enacted their plans.
but if semi-employed twenty-somethings can afford AIs, all commercial aircraft would have them installed before 2001 I suppose. An autopilot who doesn't want to fly into buildings sounds good to me.(click to show/hide)
It seems likely that an AI in this comic can sometimes/eventually exceed, avoid, override, improve, degrade, delete or alter its morality programming; human beings change their beliefs, too. Being able to think outside the simple rules is probably part of what makes intelligence (if not sentience, sapience, etc.).
Because brains turned out to be the cheap part.
Hell, we're already used to talking to a primitive form of AI when we call almost any service line.
We have an ESS (Emplyee Self-Service) website where you can print off your stubs if you need them.
Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
If it covers repairs, suddenly we have to wonder who pays for repairs for free-range AnthroPCs. And is it neglect or abuse if a human who adopts an AnthroPC fails to pay for repairs?
Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
That is an absolutely fascinating question.
Actually, that's an interesting point. Currently, there is a somewhat proprietorial nature between computers (the biggest being between Mac and PC, as well as PC and Linux/UNIX (not too sure as between Mac and Linux, since there is some commonality between them)), with limited and not-quite-supported support to allow communication between them. Executables and binaries are definitely not cross-compatible, but non-executable files are through file system access (whether directly or through a third-party application) and networking protocols.
So looking at that, how would AI be configured to run? Whether it ends up being an executable or a file, compatibility would still be an issue. If it runs on its own, then the problem you face would be operating system (and possibly file system) support, and if it runs through an intermediary program, then system compatibility might not be so much of a problem, but the program will have to be upgraded and file compatibility is not always guaranteed.
But are those phone menu systems really 'intelligent'? They're essentially talking flowcharts with semi-accurate speech recognition. They leave all the logic up to the human on the phone.
So looking at that, how would AI be configured to run? Whether it ends up being an executable or a file, compatibility would still be an issue. If it runs on its own, then the problem you face would be operating system (and possibly file system) support, and if it runs through an intermediary program, then system compatibility might not be so much of a problem, but the program will have to be upgraded and file compatibility is not always guaranteed.
We're using AI learning algorithms already to fill in all kinds of gaps in our ability to program. You think some Engineer at google taught their photo search system how to recognize dogs and tennis players? Nope. You think the systems that do real-time load balancing and prevent transformers from exploding in lightning storms learned exactly what they have to do, which is different depending on how many microseconds down the line every component happens to be, from a human? Nope. You think the systems that coordinate, synchronize, and adjust traffic lights in every major city to make traffic flow as smoothly as possible are some static program that has to get updated every time a traffic light gets installed because the patterns at that particular corner are different, or because the patterns change over time? Nope. If New York went back to timed traffic lights the city would self-destruct; they've got more cars on the same streets now than they had back when cars were getting stuck in gridlock for days in the 1970s.
Those systems don't just smooth out traffic; they reduce traffic fatalities,In the UK at least reducing fatalities is AIUI a much higher priority than making the traffic flow better.