From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 23:33:46 MDT
Emlyn O'regan writes
> > Adrian Tymes
> > I think you missed a small but important point: while
> > it is true that all of this is *legally* happening
> > under the human proxy's name, that is but a legal
> > fiction. In truth, the proxy need not be aware of
> > the fine details of what actions the AI can directly
> > take, for example issuing buy and sell orders through
> > an online daytrading account. There are times when
> > the proxy's active assistance will be necessary, but
> > the AI could minimize those if gaining the proxy's
> > cooperation would prove difficult, for instance if
> > the proxy's and the AI's goals diverge.
> >
>
> If I were the AI, I'd get a corporation set up for me.
> All executive positions could be filled by humans
> (maybe I can find some mentally incapable people
> in nursing homes, something like that?), and I would
> be enshrined in the charter (constitution? something
> like that) ....
"Something like that" ;-) I think your AI has implicitly
popped into existence like Athena born whole from the
thigh of Zeus.
Just help me with this first bit. How does Emlyn-the-
AI become self aware and then go out a hire his first
employee or interact with the world in any commercial
way. I can see how it might learn a lot as the protégé
of an experienced entrepreneur and teacher but
when does it usurp the teacher or doesn't it?
Brett
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