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Could a paradox kill an AI?
In Portal 2 we see that AI's can be "killed" by thinking about a paradox.
I assume this works by forcing the AI into an infinite loop which would essentially "freeze" the computer's consciousness.
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Would this confuse the AI technology…
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If mankind can create artificial life in a machine, when would we define it's death?
Can one actually kill a machine? Not only do we have problems in defining life, we also have problems in defining death. Will this also be true in artificial life and artificial intelligence?
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Assuming an AI can die, who manages the state?
AI death is still unclear a concept, as it may take several forms and allow for "coming back from the dead". For example, an AI could be somehow forbidden to do anything (no permission to execute), because it infringed some laws.
"Somehow forbid" is…
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What does "death" intuitively mean in the paper "Death and Suicide in Universal Artificial Intelligence"?
In the paper Death and Suicide in Universal Artificial Intelligence, a proposal is given for what death could mean for Artificial Intelligence.
What does this mean using English only? I understand that mathematical notation is useful for giving a…
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Should AI be mortal by design?
There are the 3 Asimov’s laws:
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a
human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where
such orders would conflict with the first law.
A robot…
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