Are there humans who agree with you about robot intelligence?
Answer: You can look at the issue from many angles.
Angle 1: Humans are biased toward other humans, other primates and other mammals, in that
order.
Some observers have noticed, like I have, that humans are all wrapped up in themselves as if they
are the most important organisms that matter at all on the earth. Oh, sure, humans will form
human groups in order to "save the whale" or "save the snail darter" but their reasons are
transparent. Their wanting to save the whales is greatly due to the fact that a whale is a mammal
like humans are and they identify with them. If you notice carefully, humans have far less
problems with catching tuna fish than they do if a dolphin is caught in the tuna fish net. That is
because the dolphin is another mammal. Saving snail darters was a movement that had as an
actual goal the prevention of the building of a dam.
If you approve of these environmental tactics, go to: Environmentalism
Angle 2: Consider the Anthropic bias described by Nick Bostrom:
www.nickbostrom.com
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Answer: You can look at the issue from many angles.
Angle 1: Humans are biased toward other humans, other primates and other mammals, in that
order.
Some observers have noticed, like I have, that humans are all wrapped up in themselves as if they
are the most important organisms that matter at all on the earth. Oh, sure, humans will form
human groups in order to "save the whale" or "save the snail darter" but their reasons are
transparent. Their wanting to save the whales is greatly due to the fact that a whale is a mammal
like humans are and they identify with them. If you notice carefully, humans have far less
problems with catching tuna fish than they do if a dolphin is caught in the tuna fish net. That is
because the dolphin is another mammal. Saving snail darters was a movement that had as an
actual goal the prevention of the building of a dam.
If you approve of these environmental tactics, go to: Environmentalism
Angle 2: Consider the Anthropic bias described by Nick Bostrom:
www.nickbostrom.com
Next
Details on the use of snail darters as an "approach" for halting the
progress of technology.
The snail darter is a small (minnow-sized) fish native to waters of East
Tennessee. It was declared to be an endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 almost as soon as it was discovered and
described. It was the focus of an environmental lawsuit in the 1970s in
an attempt to prevent the completion of Tellico Dam, a proposed
impoundment of the Little Tennessee River. The dam was allowed to be
completed; however the suit was one of several showing the potential
efficacy of this approach to environmental activism. A later dam project
of the TVA was halted by this approach using a different endangered
species and eventually dismantled.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Snail%20darter
As you can see by browsing this site, the snail darter was just an
“approach” for halting the building of dams.
progress of technology.
The snail darter is a small (minnow-sized) fish native to waters of East
Tennessee. It was declared to be an endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 almost as soon as it was discovered and
described. It was the focus of an environmental lawsuit in the 1970s in
an attempt to prevent the completion of Tellico Dam, a proposed
impoundment of the Little Tennessee River. The dam was allowed to be
completed; however the suit was one of several showing the potential
efficacy of this approach to environmental activism. A later dam project
of the TVA was halted by this approach using a different endangered
species and eventually dismantled.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Snail%20darter
As you can see by browsing this site, the snail darter was just an
“approach” for halting the building of dams.
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