The opinions expressed in the ethical debate about the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) are as diverse as the most heated debates. Not only is there the question of whether or not we will "play God" by creating a real AI, but also the question of how to install a set of respectful ethics of human beings in a sensitive machine.
As humanity is currently divided into many countries, religions and groups, the question of who should make the last call is delicate. The country that comes first and the dominant opinion in its government and scientific community may be left behind. After that, we may have to let it work and hope that everything goes well.
Is the birth of artificial intelligence inevitable?
Each week, dozens of academic publications are published in universities around the world, firmly defending different opinions. An interesting factor here is that it is widely accepted that this event will occur in the coming decades. After all, in 2011, Caltech created the first artificial neural network in a test tube, the first robot with "muscles" and "tendons" that are currently with us in the form of Ecci, and considerable progress has been made in Almost all the scientific discipline.
It is as exciting as it is amazing to think that we could attend such an event. Nick Bostrom, of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, said in an article: "There does not seem to be a good reason to attribute an insignificant probability to the assumption that a superintelligence will be created during the lives of some people alive today." It is a complicated way of saying that super intelligent science fiction machines are a very likely future reality.
Roboethics and Machine Ethics
So, what ethics is involved here? Roboethics considers the rights of the machines that we create in the same way as our own human rights. Examining the rights of a sensitive robot, such as freedom of expression and personal expression, is a reality.
The ethics of machines is slightly different and applies to computers and other systems sometimes called artificial moral agents (AMA). A good example of this is in the army and in the philosophical enigma of responsibility that would fall on someone who died in a "friendly fire" of an artificially intelligent drone. How can you make a martial machine?
In 1942, Isaac Asimov wrote a short story that defined his Three Laws of Robotics:
1. A robot can not hurt a human being or, by his inaction, allow a human being to hurt himself.
2. A robot must obey the orders given by human beings unless such orders are contrary to the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as this protection does not conflict with the first or second law.
This trio of well-designed rules of behavior seems infallible, but how will they behave in real life? Asimov's series of stories on the subject suggested that no rule could properly govern behavior in a completely infallible way in all potential situations and inspired the 2004 film of the same name: "I, Robot".
Who Gets to Call the Shots?
Other controversial areas of development, such as biotechnology, also raise the question of whether we are trying to interpret God. These are difficult questions, but it seems almost inevitable that scientific progress is pushing the limits in the coming decades. The powerful combination of our endless curiosity and possible commercial applications will inevitably continue to move things forward.
So, where is this artificial intelligence technology? Certainly, the power potentially controlled by a super artificial intelligence, the technology it could create and the devastation it could cause if it became uncontrollable, would place it in a completely different sphere to create algae that harness the energy of the sun?
It can be argued that Japan is currently at the forefront of robotic systems, and in view of the declining population of a growing percentage of older people who need pensions and medical care funded by a limited number of active contributors, it seems unlikely that Japan is suddenly held back due to the current situation. ethical debate.
As interesting as it is to take into account the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, it is easy to overlook the fact that it is a global problem, a human race rather than a specific problem. a country It is not like landing on the Moon where countries can compete in a space race scenario. But perhaps with the growing effect of the Internet that unites us all, some decisions will be made in the general way they deserve.
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