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Roy Baumeister (What to think about machines that think)
Roy Baumeister argues that thinking machines are tools created by humans, lacking innate drives for survival or reproduction. He contends that computers are not inherently dangerous because they don’t possess malice or free will.
Roy Baumeister argues that thinking machines are tools created by humans, lacking innate drives for survival or reproduction. He contends that computers are not inherently dangerous because they don’t possess malice or free will. For a machine to become a threat, it would need to act as an independent agent, capable of making choices against its programming. Baumeister suggests that human thinking serves life-sustaining goals, while computers lack this motivational system. Therefore, they don’t possess an “I” or subjectivity, making them fundamentally different from humans.
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