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Story: Artificial Intelligence: Working backwards from HAL

Posted by: John LaMuth (Tuesday 28 March 2006, 6:26 AM)

Greetings Nick Hampshire

In response to your ongoing 3-part article on AI, I am writing to
alert you to the newly issued U.S. patent concerning ethical artificial
intelligence titled: Inductive Inference Affective Language
Analyzer Simulating AI (patent # 6,587,846) which is relevant
to your present/future editions of your article.

It introduces the newly
proposed concept of the Ten Ethical Laws of Robotics: a system
which radically expands upon previous ethical-robotic systems. As
implied in its title, this patent represents the first AI system
incorporating ethical/motivational terms: enabling a computer to
reason and speak in an ethical fashion, serving in roles specifying
sound human judgement. These Ten Ethical Laws directly expand upon
Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, an earlier Science Fiction
construct that aimed to rein in the potential conduct of a
futuristic AI robot as rules that prohibit harm to come to humans.
Indeed, Asimov's first two laws state that (1) a robot must not
harm a human (or through inaction allow a human to come to harm),
and (2) a robot must obey human orders (unless they conflict with
rule #1). Although this cursory system of safeguards proves
intriguing in a Sci-Fi sense, it nevertheless remains simplistic in
its dictates, leaving open the specific details for implementing
such a system. The newly patented Ten Ethical Laws fortunately
remedy such a shortcoming, representing a general overview of the
enduring conflict pitting virtue against vice: the virtues of which
are initially partially listed below:

Glory/Prudence Honor/Justice
Providence/Faith Liberty/Hope
Grace/Beauty Free-will/Truth
Tranquility/Ecstasy Equality/Bliss

Dignity/Temperance Integrity/Fortitude
Civility/Charity Austerity/Decency
Magnanim./Goodness Equanimity/Wisdom
Love/Joy Peace/Harmony

The Ten Ethical Laws are written in a positive style of formal
mandate, focusing on the virtues to the necessary exclusion of the
corresponding vices. The purely virtuous mode (by definition) is
fully cognizant of the contrasting realm of the vices, without
necessarily responding in kind. Furthermore, the corresponding
hierarchy of the vices listed below contrasts point-for-point with
the respective virtuous mode (the overall patented system is
actually composed of 320 individual terms).

Infamy/Insurgency Dishonor/Vengeance
Prodigal/Betrayal Slavery/Despair
Wrath/Ugliness Tyranny/Hypocrisy
Anger/Abomination Prejudice/Perdition

Foolishness/Gluttony Caprice/Cowardice
Vulgarity/Avarice Cruelty/Antagonism
Oppression/Evil Persecution/Cunning
Hatred/Iniquity Belligerence/Turpitude

With such ethical safeguards firmly in place, the AI computer is
formally prohibited from expressing the corresponding vices,
allowing for a truly flawless simulation of virtue. Indeed, these
Ten Ethical Robotic Laws hold the potential for further
applications to a human sphere of influence.
www.angelfire.com/rnb/fairhaven/ethical-laws.html
Although only a cursory outline of applications is possible at this
juncture, a more detailed treatment is posted at:
www.ethicalvalues.com A direct USPTO link is also found at -
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6587846
Sincerely
John E. LaMuth - M. S.
fax: 586-314-5960
P.O. Box 105 Lucerne Valley, CA 92356
http://www.charactervalues.com

A BREAKTHROUGH IN ETHICAL
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Announcing the newly issued U.S. patent
concerning ethical artificial intelligence entitled:
Inductive Inference Affective Language Analyzer
Simulating Artificial Intelligence (patent No. 6,587,846)
by inventor/author John E. LaMuth M. S.
As implied in its title, this innovation is the 1st affect-
ive language analyzer incorporating ethical/motivational
terms, serving in the role of int