Perplexed comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 01 November 2010 02:10:26AM *  5 points [-]

What do we gain from social interactions with dogs? ... Examples to support my "bare assumptions" are EASY to come by.

Happy to hear that. Because it then becomes reasonable to assume that you would not find it burdensome to share those examples. We are talking about benefits that a powerful AI would derive from social interactions with humans.

I hope you have something more than the implied analogy of the human-canine relationship. Because there are many other species just as intelligent as dogs with which we humans do not share quite so reciprocal a relationship. And, perhaps it is just my pride, but I don't really think that I would appreciate being treated like a dog by my AI master. ETA: And I don't know of any human dog-lovers who keep 6 billion pets.