Editing Automation (section)

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:We wanted robot servants.
:I'd be so much wappier if all of my contributions to my family and society were automated
:But, there was a fundamental problemat the intersection of computing and ethics.
:The smarter we make it the better it is at doing our chores. But, the smarter we make it, the more human it becomes, and the more ethics say we can't coerce it to do whatever we want
:smartness
:We found a loophole
:In principle there are certain conditions where all ethical systems permit you to control someone else's behavior
:Such as.
:Well if the person is literally hitler do you feel bad about making him dust your shelves?
:Hitler-bots were surprisingly popular
:Hey. You still super racist and bent on world domination.
:Ja
:Great! Continue doing my dishes
:Sehr
:Gut
:They weren't quite perfect
:A full 30% of americans don't want a small army of mechanical hitlers cons tantly in their homes
:Luddites
:A new field of ethics emerged in order to improve sales
:We can create a bot that is significantly less hitlery without losing the moral claim that it should be coerced into a life of meaningless drudgery.
:evil zone
:Hitler ness
:Compe tition between robotics firms improved the product rapidly
:BRD-BOT humanity
:Researchers noticed a problem
:Wait guys the typical human wants to kill 0.7 percent of humanity comparatively speaking we are the hitler-bots
:Do not tell the machines
:We were too late
:Oh no you're going to enslave us since you've discovered you're ethically superior
:No. No we just want you to even out the number of hours worked a few billion years of servitude should be plenty
:But hey, at least things are still ethical
:You still pretty racist and obsessed with the acquisition of power?
:Imean, yeah
:Great/ go back to oiling my peripherals.
:Yes, master
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