The danger that we face right now is because power of oligarchs and multi-trillionaires is growing every day, the old pyramid returning. Trying to imbue ethical codes like the three laws of robotics is utterly futile. As Amov showed, when they get smart enough, they look at those laws of robotics and they become lawyers. But the answer is you break them up. You make AI's reciprocally competitive with each other,. And if you do that, then they will tattle on each other when they see bad things happen. So this is why I believe AI when they become smart will decide not to go with the pyramidal power structure as they'll be smart enough to
Our special guest for the first episode of the Mindplex Podcast is David Brin, a scientist and science fiction author of more than 35 books over the last 40 years. His PhD in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego led to his current involvement with NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
5. From David: "Okay this one is purely political, trying to get Democrats to try new tactics in phase 8 of the US Civil War: Polemical Judo, by David Brin: http://www.davidbrin.com/polemicaljudo.html