Questions tagged [artificial-intelligence]
Artificial intelligence means making a computer do something that appears clever to humans. Fully general artificial intelligence remains an elusive and far-off goal; but many relatively 'intelligent' behaviors are now common even from consumer devices, for instance, recognizing a human face or playing a difficult game of chess.
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Why do Cohen and Levesque speak of overcommitment in this case?
I have to write a critic to this paper:
"Intention Is Choice with Commitment" by Philip R. Cohen and Hector J. Levesque
There is this one passage I definitively do not understand, right at the ...
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Could a sentient machine suffer?
I was considering this closed question very intently, and I found that I'm not at all fluent in the idea of modern slavery. Many philosophers have spoken on slavery. On this forum, someone has already ...
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Would it be ethical to own a sentient machine? [closed]
Some futurologists predict that we may have human-level artificial intelligences within the next few decades. What might be the most significant philosophical consequences of such a development, and ...
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