Generative AI: Just for Fun
I, For One, Welcome Our A.I. Overlords
Asimov's Laws of Robotics
0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
A.I. Science Fiction Book Recommendations
I, Robot by Call Number: PS3551.S5 I13 1958Publication Date: 1958Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?
Look to windward by Call Number: PR6052.A485 L66ISBN: 1857239695Publication Date: 2000The 7th book in 'The Culture' series, a world building science fiction universe centered on a utopian society of humanoid aliens and super intelligent AI.
Neuromancer by ISBN: 0441000681Publication Date: 1994-07-01The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace . . . Case had been the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful formeremployees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employerrecruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificialintelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. Witha dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer rankswith 1984 and Brave New World as one of the century's most potentvisions of the future.
South Park and ChatGPT Present: Deep Learning
- South Park: Deep Learning"Deep Learning" is the fourth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series South Park. It parodies the use of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT for text messages and centres on Stan Marsh, who comes to rely on the software for writing both school essays and romantic texts to his girlfriend. It was co-written by the shows creators as well as ChatGPT.
The Hal Salive Science Fiction & Fantasy Collection
Otago University Special Collections:
The Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
In 1952, Harold Terrence Salive (1939-2012) read one of Groff Conklin’s Science Fiction (SF) anthologies and he was hooked. Two years later, aged 15, he started ‘hoarding’ copies of Astounding Stories, which first appeared in January 1930. A stint in the army (1957) and study at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where in 1972 he graduated with a PhD in experimental psychology, solidified his passion for collecting.
His collection was donated to the University of Otago Special Collections in 2013, and in 2015 a wonderful exhibition was held to showcase it.
Viewing is by appointment only, and books may not leave the special collections reading room.
Image resource: Depositphotos
Roko's Basilisk
Or why you should always say please & thank you to your A.I.
Roko's Basilisk is a thought experiment that explores the concept of a superintelligent AI that uses its superior intellect to manipulate and control the behavior of humans. The scenario posits that this AI would punish those who knew of its possible future existence but did not help bring it into fruition, creating a potential incentive for people to work towards the development of such an AI.
So, make sure you use your manners when working along side our future AI overlords.
They might have a long memory...