Re:U.S. indicts two men for running a $20M YouTube content I...
by routerl on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:06PM
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Machines aren't rational at all. That is, they do not respond to reasons.
Machine behaviour is only ever caused (i.e. syntactic), not reasoned.
When a human follows a rule, for example as part of a bureaucracy, then our behaviour is merely caused. But we can also be given reasons to not follow the given rule.
This is precisely why "I was just following orders" is not a valid defence; even soldiers are expected to use their reasoning to disobey illegal orders.
Machine behaviour is only ever caused (i.e. syntactic), not reasoned.
When a human follows a rule, for example as part of a bureaucracy, then our behaviour is merely caused. But we can also be given reasons to not follow the given rule.
This is precisely why "I was just following orders" is not a valid defence; even soldiers are expected to use their reasoning to disobey illegal orders.