Tag Archives: Ethics

AGI: To create, or not to create?

Posted on 7 September, 2008 by Shane Legg

People interested in the technological singularity often have strangely contradictory attitudes regarding AGI development.  On one hand, progress towards AGI in terms of hardware, software, design and theory is all very exciting and generally super cool.  Yay, all hail AGI … Continue reading →

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An imitation test for moral capacity

Posted on 9 August, 2008 by Shane Legg

Yudkowsky has been posting a lot on Overcoming Bias recently about his theory of metaethics.  Today he posted a summary of sorts.  Essentially he seems to be saying that morality is a big complex function computed by our brain that … Continue reading →

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Thinking about ethical AGI, part 2

Posted on 1 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

Currently the foremost thinker on the ethics and safety of artificial general intelligence is Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.  On a few occasions I have tried to read some of his writings on this topic.  Every … Continue reading →

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