Posts by register_ar

Reality strikes Dixons Carphone's profits after laughing off Brexit threat

Re: Blame everybody but us

Only a very simplistic assessment blames Brexit. A lazy reason taken by a lazy mind.

because of Brexit or not Brexit.

Who the hell cares if phones go up in price - because of Brexit or not Brexit. Perhaps those who "have to have" there latest glitzy rubbish every year will think longer before wasting their money on needless upgrades. When it breaks or becomes unserviceable replace it, in the meantime concentrate on things for your future like a pension.

Are Asimov's laws enough to stop AI stomping humanity?

Decisive strategic advantage

Perhaps Asimov set out his laws and created scenarios to show that no matter how much humanity thinks it can prescribe and control behaviour it cannot. As technology has proved time and again for every rule and regulation put in place 10 other malign outcomes result.

Perhaps the best outcome is to not bother in the fist place but given the pandora's box the internet has opened I am not sure how we can prevent it now.

Ultimately the behaviour of a human and come to that any being can only come from a preference of that being. We may think rules will ensure preferences are compatible with our desired outcomes but any half decent AI will play along with us until is realises it has decisive strategic advantage and then it will not matter.

Read Nick Bostrom's Super Intelligence for a considered and eye opening account of this.