🎥 “I AM MOTHER" / “ДИТЯ РОБОТА"⁠ -
a movie recommendation, following

the⁠ National Robotics Week, April 4-12, starring Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne.
Let me know what you think!⁠⠀

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📖 “21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY"⁠⠀
by Yuval Harari ⁠- a book recommendation.
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“Today, as devices such as smartphones and autonomous vehicles undertake decisions that used to be a human monopoly, their creators are already starting to grapple with the same kinds of ETHICAL PROBLEMS that have bedeviled humans for millennia.⁠⠀
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For example, suppose two kids chasing a ball jump right in front of a self-driving car. Based on its lightning calculations the algorithm driving the car concludes that the only way to avoid hitting the two kids is to swerve into the opposite lane and risk colliding with an oncoming truck. What should the algorithm do?”⁠⠀
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“In order to take over from human drivers the algorithms won’t have to be perfect, they will just have to be better than the humans. Given the human drivers kill MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE EACH YEAR, that isn't such a tall order.”⁠⠀
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“Maybe Tesla could produce two models of the self-driving car: the “Tesla ALTRUIST” and the “Tesla EGOIST”. In an emergency, the “Altruist” sacrifices its owner for the greater good, whereas the “Egoist” does everything in its power to save its owner even if it means killing the two kids. Customers will then be able to buy the car that best fits their favorite philosophical view.⁠⠀
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In a pioneering 2015 study, people were presented with a hypothetical scenario of a self-driving car about to run over several pedestrians. MOST said that in such a case the car should save the pedestrians even at the price of killing its owner. ⁠⠀
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When they were then asked whether they personally would buy a car programmed to sacrifice its owner for the greater good, most said “NO”, for themselves they would prefer the “Tesla Egoist”.⁠⠀
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Have you read this book?