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␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ u1


␈↓ α∧␈↓Boxes:

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTWe␈αwill␈αascribe␈αbeliefs␈αto␈αmachines␈αfor␈αthe␈αsame␈αreason␈αwe␈αascribe␈αthem␈αto␈αother␈αpeople.␈α
 It
␈↓ α∧␈↓helps understand their behavior.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTMachines␈αhave␈αand␈αwill␈αhave␈αvaried␈αlittle␈α
minds.␈α Long␈αbefore␈αwe␈αcan␈αmake␈αmachines␈α
with
␈↓ α∧␈↓human capability, we will have many machines that cannot be understood except in mental terms.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTFrom␈αthe␈αthe␈αinstructions␈αthat␈αcame␈αwith␈αan␈αelectric␈αblanket:␈α␈↓↓"Place␈αthe␈αcontrol␈αnear␈αthe␈αbed
␈↓ α∧␈↓↓in␈α
a␈α
place␈αthat␈α
is␈α
neither␈αhotter␈α
nor␈α
colder␈αthan␈α
the␈α
room␈α
itself.␈αIf␈α
the␈α
control␈αis␈α
placed␈α
on␈αa␈α
radiator
␈↓ α∧␈↓↓or␈α∪radiant␈α∪heated␈α∪floors,␈α∪it␈α∀will␈α∪"think"␈α∪the␈α∪entire␈α∪room␈α∀is␈α∪hot␈α∪and␈α∪will␈α∪lower␈α∀your␈α∪blanket
␈↓ α∧␈↓↓temperature,␈α
making␈α
your␈α
bed␈α
too␈α
cold.␈α
If␈α
the␈α
control␈α
is␈α
placed␈α
on␈α
the␈α
window␈α
sill␈α
in␈α
a␈α
cold␈α
draft,␈α
it
␈↓ α∧␈↓↓will "think" the entire room is cold and will heat up your bed so it will be too hot."␈↓

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTIt␈α
wouldn't␈α
be␈α
a␈α
good␈α
idea␈α
to␈αmake␈α
machines␈α
that␈α
could␈α
reasonably␈α
ascribed␈α
rights␈αor␈α
duties.
␈↓ α∧␈↓Who wants a bunch of whining robots that have to be jailed when they behave badly?

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTNo␈αmore␈αmental␈αqualities␈αshould␈αbe␈αascribed␈αto␈αa␈αparticular␈αmachine␈αthan␈αits␈αstructure␈αand
␈↓ α∧␈↓behavior␈αwarrant.␈α The␈αthermostat␈αcan␈αbe␈αconsidered␈αto␈αbelieve␈αthe␈αroom␈αis␈αtoo␈αcold,␈αbut␈αthere␈αis
␈↓ α∧␈↓no basis for considering it to believe that it is a thermostat or have any other belief about itself.