I had to get up this morning and work for an hour or so remotely for the office so I didn’t get to go to the gym absolutely first thing in the morning like I am supposed to do. Dominica went with me to the gym this morning. This is her third time going this …
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May 18, 2007
I managed to do forty minutes on the elliptical machine in the gym this morning before heading off to the office. I am slowly getting there. I hope to be able to do forty-five minutes twice a day by Monday. That is my goal for this week. In science news today, astronomers believe that they …
On Sentience
“The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor, ‘Can they talk?’ but, ‘Can they suffer?’” – Jeremy Bentham Any discussion of the ethics of Artificial Intelligence is muddied by a social misunderstanding of the conceptual underpinnings of intelligence itself. Wikipedia defines Intelligence “a property of mind that encompasses many related mental abilities, such as the …
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence Research
As computing power continues to increase at a rapid pace mankind is beginning to ponder the ethics questions involved in the possible creation of artificial intelligence. If we succeed at creating artificial intelligence or AI then we have effectively created life to some degree and we must suddenly face many challenges that we have never …
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May 17, 2007
Finally Oreo and I get a real doggie-daddy day! We have really missed each other recently. So I slept in a little this morning and skipped my morning workout so that Oreo and I could get some time together before the work day started and so that my body could heal a little after working …