On 2017-11-01 at 11:48, adrian.b.rob...@gmail.com wrote: > Robert Jasiek <jas...@snafu.de> writes: > >>> [..] >> >> In Germany, an ethics commission has written ethical guidelines for >> self-driving cars with also the rule to always prefer avoiding casualties of >> human beings. > > Did they consult Isaac Asimov on this?
Should actually have been their first thought, IMO (and I guess they were), Asimov’s Laws of Robotics should be obligatory reading for everybody in robotics. (and probably should be expanded/modernised — adapted to contemporary knowledge) > Jokes aside, it's interesting to see some convergence of science to science > fiction.. Not surprising, IMO, since many of the best SF writers, including Asimov, actually were and are scientists and/or engineers. And scientists (as well as engineers, even industrial designers) often take their ideas from SF, again unsurprising … I’d assume that reading SF has inspired many people to pursue science, engineering, astronautics, etc. Also, there is the word “science” in Science Fiction, which should tell us something. SF is not necessarily always “space opera” with goodies and baddies and alien monsters, space opera is often not much more than cowboy stories in “spacey” apparel. Forgive the off-topic … as an avid SF reader I was triggered ;-) Respectfully, Tom _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
