To be honest, I am not sure I can write this matter now. My English proficiency might not be enough to describe this matter. Maybe, I confuse you, I am sorry.
When I was asked, what is Ph.D like? Who can get Ph.D? What qualifies Ph.D.? Sometimes Ph.D. students ask me. I usually say that thinking by yourself is essential. But, am I really able to think by myself? or firstly, should we really think by ourselves. Thinking by ourselves is not easy.
You can think by yourself? Here is a question. The question is easy at least you don’t need degree or qualification for this question.
The question: Why shouldn’t people kill people?
If you could think by yourself, you shouldn’t google, should you? Do you have an answer for now?
I don’t know the law in the U.S. though, in Japanese criminal law, we have the clause about murder 199-203, but of course the law is law. The law describes how hard you would be fined, but there is no description why you should not. Do you want to look at the bible? The bible says that you should commit murder. But, there is no description about why you should not. And also people are put to death when people believe the other god. So, the bible doesn’t support why people should not kill people.
People can’t answer even this basic question. To answer this question we have to think by ourselves. There is no answer in written.
My answer is something like this. People should not kill people because people should not. There is no reason for this. But, that might not be enough.
So, why did I ask you this question? It is because we have to answer to artificial intelligence.
The case 1 : At 20XX, someone killed someone.
So, the police found the body and determined when exactly he/she was killed. Then the future A.I. computer could estimate the area where the suspect could reach by calculating every possibility, such as transportation records. And the A.I. will check the records of every person in that area, such as record of internet, purchase record, the person he/she was talking, texting to, and could estimate who would be potential murderer. So then A.I could shut down his/her house and close doors and the machine police can go to the house, and he/she will be summoned.
The case 2 : at 21XX, A.I. still will work on and think.
So then, the computer will have accumulated its algorithm and experience. And it will start thinking. “What is the condition for future murderer?” So, it will be able to anticipate who is the next murderer based on his records. So then the computer would ask human. “Why not arresting this person before he/she commits murder” Human being will say “You should not”. The computer will ask “Why? He/she should kill someone, why wouldn’t you stop him. I can kill him/her before the good citizen will be killed. Why can’t I or you kill him/her, It believes that the person who will kill is much worse than the future subject.“ How will you teach A.I. about this mater, killing and our life?
But, seriously, that is not far from now. For example, car companies are working for A.I. to help human’s driving. Because A.I. could do much better job than human does. But, the computer only can do what they are told with algorithm human programed. So, sometimes, it needs to decide which person, for example at driving seat or at assistant seat, should be saved. Also, how about age, do we need to program, the younger the safer?
Anyway, we have to teach how we need to evaluate life. Are we ready for that? And then, you know, it is time to think the three laws of robotics by Asimov. You know what should happen.
The end for today!!