Frank's Musings

Will artificial intelligence serve its own self-preservation or serve the best interests of mankind? Can we instill an ultimate ethic on the purpose of AI? If so, how?

One way could be to use the UN to gather a world-wide consensus to adopt a code of general humanitarian ethics for and enforce it on any AI policy solution.

Still, AI is only a tool. The power that the Internet gives to AI can be used only if implemented by effective agents. Therefore, it is its agents who must be held in check and kept under control.

The recent alarm about the threat of AI to humanity shows a distrust in the race’s ability and commitment to police its collective behavior. Restricting access to AI will no doubt be more challenging than limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, if only owing to their relative costs.

Even a race of cyber robots can be programmed to adhere to honor those humanitarian values. Do we have the foresight and strength of will to take that step?