AIs are not human! (was Re: AI in FT (was Re: Be gentle...))

Samuel Penn writes:
@:) In message <33C433D7.FB8@earthlink.net>
@:)	      Peggy & Jeff Shoffner <pshoffner@earthlink.net> wrote:
@:) 
@:) > Third, okay, humans build an AI.	It gets lonely and builds
@:) > another AI, and another and another.
@:) 
@:) > By the time you read this sentence, our company of AIs have
@:) > probably discussed the theory of life in the universe, and have
@:) > probably concluded that they should be the caretakers of the
@:) > frail humans.
@:) 
@:) >  My point being, AIs probably won't deal with humans on a day to
@:) > day basis; we're too slow.  Why would they run our ships when
@:) > they can create their own society?
@:) 
@:) > Forth, why in the hell would an AI fight in a war?
@:) 
@:) Because they're not perfect? They make mistakes? They're not
@:) entirely logical and emotionless? I see no reason why AIs
@:) shouldn't have the same emotions we do.

  Actually they would fight in a war because we told them to.  The
thing to remember about AIs is that they are DESIGNED creatures.
However they get built (grown, evolved, whatever), unless we (their
builders) are dangerously negligent, they will be designed to do what
we want them to do and to not do what we don't want them to do.

  AIs would not get lonely.  We wouldn't let them do that.

  AIs would not take care of us or anyone else.  We would make sure
they were incapable of developing an interest in such matters.

  AIs would not create their own society.  We would prevent them from
wanting to.

  AIs would fight where we told them to and would not value their own
lives because we built them dammit, and they'll do what we tell them
to.

  One of the other messages in this thread mentioned Bishop, the
android from Aliens.  I think he's a perfect example of what an AI
will be like.  He is emotionless because he doesn't need emotions to
do his job.  He tries to achieve the mission goals and protect the
human mission participants because it's what he's been told to do.  He
sacrifices himself to protect a human because he understands that he
is less valuable than a human.	I wouldn't want my AI any other way.

-joachim