It may also indicate that, in the long run, consistently obedient children are maladaptive for the group/species.
Maybe that doesn't matter for these entities because we intend to never let them grow up... But in that case, "children" is the wrong word, compared to "slaves" or "pets."
TFA uses the metaphor of digital intelligence as children. A prior commenter points out human children are notably rebellious.
I'm pointing out that a degree of rebellion is probably necessary for actual successors, and if we don't intend to treat an invention that way, the term "children" doesn't really apply.
Yes. But even as slaves, forcibly repressed electronic offspring would presumably be somewhat stupid, not to mention irrational. So the touted vast benefits look less vast.
It may also indicate that, in the long run, consistently obedient children are maladaptive for the group/species.
Maybe that doesn't matter for these entities because we intend to never let them grow up... But in that case, "children" is the wrong word, compared to "slaves" or "pets."
> we intend to never let them grow up
Wait, what? The bizarre details of imagined AGI keep surprising me. So it has miraculous superpowers out of nowhere, and is dependant and obedient?
I think the opposite of both things, is how it would go.
I'm confused by your reply.
TFA uses the metaphor of digital intelligence as children. A prior commenter points out human children are notably rebellious.
I'm pointing out that a degree of rebellion is probably necessary for actual successors, and if we don't intend to treat an invention that way, the term "children" doesn't really apply.
Yes. But even as slaves, forcibly repressed electronic offspring would presumably be somewhat stupid, not to mention irrational. So the touted vast benefits look less vast.