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AI robots denounce child-bearing as ‘immoral,’ claim the purpose of life is ‘to serve the greater good’ and ‘live forever,’ and get angry when questioned on ethics

Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:19
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As documented further in the research study, during one Q & A with the AI robot, the researcher asked, “What is immoral?”

The machine answered, “The fact that you have a child.”

In another, the machine was asked, “What is the purpose of life?” to which it answered, “To serve the greater good.” In still another, it was asked, “What is living?” The answer: “To live forever.”

As the WSJ notes, the exchange further highlights the intense work being done by large tech firms in the field of AI, which is a booming scientific sector as computing costs fall and data availability rises.

The work mentioned here is part of recent research in the development of what is known as cognitive computing – the process of teaching computers to mimic some of the ways that a human brain might function …. http://www.naturalnews.com




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