Comment on Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 days agoAsimov had quite a different idea.
What if robots become like humans some day?
That was his general topic. The three laws were quite similar to former slavery laws of Usa. With this analogy he worked on the question if robots are nearly like humans, and if they are indistinguishable from humans, would/should they still stay our servants then?
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Yepyep, agreed! I was referring strictly to the Three Laws as a cautionary element.
Otherwise, I, too, think the point was to show that the only viable way to approach an equivalent or superior consciousness is as at least an equal, not as an inferior.
And it makes a lot of sense. There’s not much stopping a person from doing heinous stuff if a body of laws would be the only thing to stop them. I think socialisation plays a much more relevant role in the development of a conscience, of a moral compass, because empathy is a significantly stronger motivator for avoiding doing harm than “because that’s the law.”
It’s basic child rearing as I see it, if children aren’t socialised, there will be a much higher chance that they won’t understand why doing something would harm another, they won’t see the actual consequences of their actions upon the subject. And if they don’t understand that the subject of their actions is a being just like them, with an internal life and feelings, then they wouldn’t have any reason to not treat the subject as a piece of furniture, or a tool, or any other object one could see around them.