Re:Interview with Scott Aaronson
by johngossman on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:25PM
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"Speaking of which, when I look at the thrilling advances being achieved today in AI, I see all sorts of ethical issues that will need to be dealt with soon—like, how can a deep neural network justify to you why it turned down your loan application? Should self-driving cars handle crashes using utilitarian or deontological ethics?"
Re:Interview with Scott Aaronson
by disconcision on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:14PM
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that's a line straight out of his book 'quantum computing since Democritus'. highly recommended if you want to get a bird's eye view of the foundation of quantum logic without all that pesky physics (and physical history) getting in the way.
Re:Interview with Scott Aaronson
by johngossman on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:21PM
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I've actually read it, I just didn't remember this line. Thanks. And I agree, great read.
"QM isn’t even “physics” in the usual sense: it’s more like an operating system that the rest of physics runs on as application software"