Recent comments in /f/technology

Fake_William_Shatner t1_j78jorg wrote

I was just kidding. However, if you were giving someone legal advice about going to trial -- it makes a difference in venue and jury selection.

I'm not exactly sure on the stat but I thought it was around 2X more time given to black kids than white kids on punishments because the Judges tend to treat them as older.

And I'm sure you'd want statistics on outcome -- just to know what your chances of winning versus pleading would be. And would an AI ask to appeal the case for another venue to find a jury of peers?

The human factor is important but, it would be nice to be more impartial.

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j78j1zv wrote

>why he warrants downvotes

Some people seem to think up and down votes prove the quality of the point being made. No, it's just the popularity in that venue at a given moment.

You could always explain what your comment meant. You don't have to, though. It's important not to take these comments too seriously. But, if you keep commenting on everything else BESIDES what you meant by "smoke and mirrors" then I will just not worry.

I have to commend you however on some top notch emoji usage.

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pmjm t1_j78iuiy wrote

I understand what you are saying and I agree to a point. But say, for example, the US institutes regulations on AI development, while an adversarial country like China or Russia does not, and their AI develops beyond ours and ends up giving their military a pretty extreme tactical advantage over us. I don't know that I could ethically justify that.

This is a very complicated issue because there's no question that while AI will be a completely transformative and powerful tool for the everyman, there are people in power who will wield it to extremes regardless of regulations.

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j78i4oh wrote

>"The data says black people commit more crime" is still not a reason to build automated systems that treat them differently.

I agree with that.

However it sounded like your blanket statement about what it does and doesn't do is like saying; "don't use a computer!" Because someone used them wrong one time.

My entire point is it's about the data they choose to measure and what their goals are. Fighting "pre-crime" is the wrong use for it. But, identifying if people are at risk and sending them help? -- I think that would be great.

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j78fcnq wrote

No -- I didn't say it would replace them. The legal system won't allow it.

I'm saying it will be used to create legal documents and win cases -- albeit with the pages printed out before they go in the courthouse.

This isn't about the acceptance, but the capabilities. If there is one group that can protect their industry it's the justice system.

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HeroldMcHerold OP t1_j77zrll wrote

There is no resolution to unchecked and unethical progress. Stop looking for such a resolution. The only thing that can save the humanity, and the collective demise of our beautiful world, is to do what ethically correct and refrain from doing what is ethically incorrect - no matter how beneficial it seem.

You might be wondering how progress in AI is unethical. You will see the results pretty soon if it goes on unchecked. Just to give you an example, the level of discrimination and absolute control it will give to digitally-enhanced nations over their less-privileged neighbors is just horrible to imagine.

This is coming from a proud American himself, but as a true patriot, I would rather barter the golden moral values against the progress of some technologies which just don't seem right or may inflict a great future disaster.

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HeroldMcHerold OP t1_j77yubq wrote

It will then remind us all about the same AI bot which locked the course of the spaceship, against the will of the resident astronaut, in the landmark movie 2001: Space Odyssey.

It will then also remind us of all of the warnings given to us by the late great Stephen Hawking to relocate to another planet or die out.

Regulation will not work here - technology's progress has to be done within ethical parameters, and if anything goes further beyond it, it should be stopped until the right time comes - no matter how beneficial it may seem.

Take the example of the emotional supremacy given to us by Nuclear Weapons, back in the 50s. Did that progress do any good? As a matter of fact, it has brought us much nearer to the doomsday scenario that could have been, in another case, made evitable.

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