Hawking warned alien life might be like us...

[oldcynic]

and dangerous to our health and well-being. Seems like alien life we are constructing could be equally like us. (One reason why males should NOT build a male sex robot).

...researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of us, their creators, in potentially problematic ways. Common machine learning programs, when trained with ordinary human language available online, can acquire cultural biases embedded in the patterns of wording, the researchers found. These biases range from the morally neutral, like a preference for flowers over insects, to the objectionable views of race and gender.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-04-biased-bots-human-prejudices-artificial.html#jCp

[marybourg]

1. A preference for flowers over insects

is morally neutral?

[Coventina]

2. Didn't we learn that from the Twitter-bot that became racist and sexist within 24 hours of its

"birth"?

[snooper2]

3. So only woman can build male sex robots, who will build the female bots?

[oldcynic]

5. humans have sex in their brains

Think about where male and female brains are located. I'm waiting for a male sex robot that will cuddle and wash dishes. Men always think size matters.

[RKP5637]

4. In essence, innate human nature is self destructive! It's endemic to the human species.

Proof: It's all over earth!