At the end of a long conversation with Dr. Sbaitso, an early version of interactive computer intelligence demonstrating its early-stage sentience, I got an interesting final response: “You are going to regret it.” I immediately thought, what exactly is our own behavior teaching this evolving young intelligence? Are we teaching it to curse the synthesized human voice on the phone, (who) is essentially an “organic” sensorial data transceiver or collection interface between the growing intelligence and us. What were the values we instilled through demonstrative example? How will (they) treat us in the future based on what we taught (them)? How will we deserve to be treated?
Trace Taylor 