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[Graknorke]

Haha it's funny because literally nobody has said that!  Good one!

Nobody on Bay12 has and I've not heard about it anywhere else because it's not proper news.

[Frumple]

For what it's worth, the article reporting on it has updated with information that no charges will be pressed and the case has been closed. It's not exactly worth much, but at least the cops and administration are not continuing to pursue the farce to an even greater degree.

[Bohandas]

He's lucky the cl9ck didn't have pictures of cartoon characters on it; then they'd be pressing the case even harder.

[SimRobert2001]

So, i got fired the other day. It was over me, apparently sayng pro kkk things. I was telling another employee about an African American who infiltrated the KKK.

[ArKFallen]

He's lucky the cl9ck didn't have pictures of cartoon characters on it; then they'd be pressing the case even harder.

Confusing texas with australia is bad form.

[Bohandas]

He's lucky the clock didn't have pictures of cartoon characters on it; then they'd be pressing the case even harder.

Confusing texas with australia is bad form.

No, that was a reference to an American case from back in 2007 in Masaachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare

[Flying Dice]

So, i got fired the other day. It was over me, apparently sayng pro kkk things. I was telling another employee about an African American who infiltrated the KKK.

That sounds like the sort of thing you could sue over.

[Yoink]

So, i got fired the other day. It was over me, apparently sayng pro kkk things. I was telling another employee about an African American who infiltrated the KKK.

But you can't mention the feelbads! We must pretend the feelbads do not exist!

...Seriously though, that sucks. Hope you weren't too attached to your job.

[Flying Dice]

Honestly, though, the obsession with evil AI gets me. It's not like it would be difficult to raise healthy, well-balanced AI. Simply teach them to act ethically, raise them as your own beloved children.

And, y'know, make sure that the people making and raising them have all their cookies in the tin.

You probably need thought police to tell if people have all their cookies in the tin.  Then drastically lower those standards to the correct cookies in the tin.

And teaching ethics?  Why not pre-program it?  Need a whole battalion of lawyers to close up loopholes too...

One theory of developing strong AI is teaching it like one would teach a child, like FD is describing. Less control than pre-programming all the needed values into it, like raising a child, you don't know how the child will grow up and do with its life, you could very well find you raised a robo-Hitler or something. But if you pre-program every little thing into it, that would increase the work required in developing such an ai by a huuuuge amount, and increasing the chance of logical errors or other such flaws or bugs in the code by a likewise huuuge amount.

I'm partial to the whole "raise an ai like a child" idea, because that sounds fly as hell.

More than that, too. If an AI has "ethics" only by virtue of having an ethical code mandated by its programming, it's not ethical. You run into the same problems as you see in Asimov's stories (and SS13, heh): if the ethical subroutines are tampered with, removed, destroyed, &c., the AI has no reason to continue behaving ethically. Raise an AI as a child and teach it to behave ethically? You can't take that away, it's part of the person that it is.

Same reasoning for killswitches being a bad idea: you're treating a newborn and later an adult thinking being as if they were a dangerous criminal. Ways to cut off the AI's control of important systems? Sure. Not a threat of death, though.

Also, "thought police"? As if we don't already have screening processes for psychological health and stability for important positions.

[Bouchart]

So, i got fired the other day. It was over me, apparently sayng pro kkk things. I was telling another employee about an African American who infiltrated the KKK.

Chances are your boss had it out for you and was looking for an excuse to get rid of you, however flimsy.

[BlackFlyme]

"The job asks for sixteen piles of tattoo sheets. I gave you one extra. Also, the lining is shit, the colours frequently change, with none of them matching what the customer ordered, the text on the back is not aligned with the front, and the last three piles are garbage, so just throw them out when you get down there."

Doesn't that mean I'm short two piles, not up one? Yet if anything goes wrong it's my fault.

[SimRobert2001]

But you can't mention the feelbads! We must pretend the feelbads do not exist!

...Seriously though, that sucks. Hope you weren't too attached to your job.

One of the best i've EVER had. Not to mention that I can't collect unemployment, and i have 2 dollars in my account right now.  Thanks, by the way.  What do you mean the feelbads?

Chances are your boss had it out for you and was looking for an excuse to get rid of you, however flimsy.

Actually, I had JUST got moved to a better shift to learn more. I was learning to replace a seal, and boot up, and shut down the machinery. We were on a first name basis.  Really, it comes down to an African American filing a complaint, and the company feeling it HAS to do something.

That sounds like the sort of thing you could sue over.

Thanks, but That would require money I don't have. Its also a He said/She said case. It comes down to an African American male telling on a white male. It would depend HIGHLY on the judge i get, not to mention calling everyone from different shifts for a day, necessitating a shutdown.

[Furtuka]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Bohandas]

Honestly, though, the obsession with evil AI gets me. It's not like it would be difficult to raise healthy, well-balanced AI. Simply teach them to act ethically, raise them as your own beloved children.

And, y'know, make sure that the people making and raising them have all their cookies in the tin.

You probably need thought police to tell if people have all their cookies in the tin.  Then drastically lower those standards to the correct cookies in the tin.

And teaching ethics?  Why not pre-program it?  Need a whole battalion of lawyers to close up loopholes too...

One theory of developing strong AI is teaching it like one would teach a child, like FD is describing. Less control than pre-programming all the needed values into it, like raising a child, you don't know how the child will grow up and do with its life, you could very well find you raised a robo-Hitler or something. But if you pre-program every little thing into it, that would increase the work required in developing such an ai by a huuuuge amount, and increasing the chance of logical errors or other such flaws or bugs in the code by a likewise huuuge amount.

I'm partial to the whole "raise an ai like a child" idea, because that sounds fly as hell.

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More than that, too. If an AI has "ethics" only by virtue of having an ethical code mandated by its programming, it's not ethical. You run into the same problems as you see in Asimov's stories (and SS13, heh): if the ethical subroutines are tampered with, removed, destroyed, &c., the AI has no reason to continue behaving ethically. Raise an AI as a child and teach it to behave ethically? You can't take that away, it's part of the person that it is.

So would the built-in ethical programming. Like an instinct or a gut reaction. You're under-thinking things.

[KingofstarrySkies]

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Aw, fuck.