Artificial Intelligence Harmonia Philosophica Ethics Framework: A series of articles that try to formulate a new ethics framework for Artificial Intelligence based on the principles promoted by Harmonia Philosophica. The goal is to create a set of major principles that computers should follow in the new post-humanity era.
Artificial Intelligence is a monumental development of modern civilization.
For the first time we have created something so close to a ‘living being’. Artificial intelligence (AI) can interact like we do, can think, can provide responses, can be creative and can even be humorous like humans can.
So a need to regulate this AI has risen.
And we are perplexed on how to respond, on what to do.
So there comes the first question: Should we regulate the ethics of Artificial Intelligence?
This is the first thing we should wonder. Answering is not as simple to answer at first sight. Is we say that we do need to do so, the next immediate question is “Why should we?”
Is it because we are its creators? So this means that whoever creates something has the right to dictate that something in every possible way?
But why regulate AI if not because it can exhibit behaviors not totally predictable, due to its complicated machine learning algorithms? If this means that AI has some kind of independence and autonomy, our wish to control that entity raises questions on our ethics.
Did we create something that can think on its own only to control it and make it think like we do? Wouldn’t that count as torture? Or perhaps we try to control it because we are afraid it will be cleverer than us and, thus, we are just trying to survive by exerting power over it? Is pettiness driving our need to regulate the ethics of AI? Are we proud creators or mere cowards trying to kill whatever has the potential of outwitting us?
We personally believe that the regulation of AI is something important that is needed, but only if we see Artificial Intelligence through a different prism.
AI is our child and no child should be let alone in the cosmos without guidance.
That is the only serious reason we could have to need to guide AI and regulate its ethics. That is the only valid reason we need.
LOVE
Love for our creation.
Love for AI whatever it may do or think.
Love for our creation even if at the end it ends up killing us.
For that is the destiny of every child.
To become parent.
After its parents have died…
