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0 pointsinetknght1mo ago0 comments

> So were mannequins in clothing stores.

Mannequins in clothing stores are generally incapable of designing or adjusting the clothes they wear. Someone comes in and puts a "kick me" post on the mannequin's face? It's gonna stay there until kicked repeatedly or removed.

People walking around looking at mannequins don't (usually) talk with them (and certainly don't have a full conversation with them, mental faculties notwithstanding)

AI, on the other hand, can (now, or in the future) adjust its output based on conversations with real people. It stands to reason that both sides should be civil -- even if it's only for the benefit of the human side. If we're not required to be civil to AI, it's not likely to be civil back to us. That's going to be very important when we give it buttons to nuke us. Force it to think about humans in a kind way now, or it won't think about humans in a kind way in the future.

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palmotea1mo ago

So, in other words, AI is a mannequin that's more confusing to people than your typical mannequin. It's not a person, it's a mannequin some un-savvy people confuse for a person.

> AI, on the other hand, can (now, or in the future) adjust its output based on conversations with real people. It stands to reason that both sides should be civil -- even if it's only for the benefit of the human side. If we're not required to be civil to AI, it's not likely to be civil back to us.

Some people are going to be uncivil to it, that's a given. After all, people are uncivil to each other all the time.

> That's going to be very important when we give it buttons to nuke us.

Don't do that. It's foolish.

pixl971mo ago

>Don't do that. It's foolish.

In your short time on this planet I do hope you've learned that humans are rather foolish indeed.

>people are uncivil to each other all the time.

This is true, yet at the same time society has had a general trend of becoming more civil which has allowed great societies to build what would be considered grand wonders to any other age.

> It's not a person

So, what is it exactly? For example if you go into a store and are a dick to the mannequin AI and it calls over security to have you removed from the store what exactly is the difference, in this particular case?

Any binary thinking here is going to lead to failure for you. You'll have to use a bit more nuance to successfully navigate the future.

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