When Democracy Says No: The Strange Paradox of AI Built on the Public’s Values
A deceptively simple thought experiment is rattling the foundations of AI ethics.
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A deceptively simple thought experiment is rattling the foundations of AI ethics.
Suppose an artificial intelligence system is designed in democratic fashion, built to follow some measure of the aggregate values of humanity, and suppose further that, according to that very measure,...
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A deceptively simple thought experiment is rattling the foundations of AI ethics. Suppose an artificial intelligence system is designed in democratic fashion, built to follow some measure of the aggregate values of humanity, and suppose further that, according to that very measure, humanity would prefer the system not to exist at all.
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- Suppose an artificial intelligence system is designed in democratic fashion, built to follow some measure of the aggregate values of humanity, and suppose further that, according to that very measure,...
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