DOOMSDINNER | THE MACHINE IS / NOT MORAL | Date UPCOMING
THE MACHINE IS / NOT MORAL
Technological advances in the fields of ArtificIal Intelligence and Robotics mean that non-human agents are capable of complex decision making in increasingly morally ambiguous contexts, combined with the technical capabilities for causing great harm; Self-driving vehicles decide how to best preserve the lives of their passengers while evaluating the potential harm this may cause; Autonomous weapons systems identify targets for destruction without human intervention; Algorithms make decisions on whether to provide loans or insurance to certain individuals over others…
To what extent can we trust machines to make decisions where human suffering is at stake? Are we sufficiently morally mature to conceive of a moral framework that can be confidently applied to the machines in the world around us? What can traditional ethical philosophical questions teach us about our place in the world?
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[DATE TBD]
Drinks served from 7pm, countdown to the apocalypse at 7.30pm
You are invited to bring your poison of choice to enjoy with supper.
Dress for the End of the World.
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A collection of curated reference materials to help YOU get in the doom
"This is essentially the old story of the genie in the lamp, or the sorcerer's apprentice, or King Midas: you get exactly what you ask for, not what you want. A highly capable decision maker – especially one connected through the Internet to all the world's information and billions of screens and most of our infrastructure – can have an irreversible impact on humanity."
The Myth of AI - Edge.org"If automation presents the challenge of our time, then the solution is simple: we have to radically re-think what ‘work’ is in order to survive. Whether that’s defining entirely new types of work, or re-shaping the role of humans in current processes, we’re approaching a paradigm shift in what good ol’ fashion work looks like."
Keynes, Automation, and the Future of Work - DecodedSuggested Reading
John Brockman
Isaac Asimov'
Philip K. Dick
