My question, of what importance is ethics when it comes to friendly AI research? If a friendly AI is one that does protect and cultivate human values, how does ethics help to achieve this?
Normative ethics seems relevant—the machine has to know what it should do.
Descriptive ethics also seems likely to be relevant—the machine has to know what people want—assuming that it is going to respect their wishes.
Normative ethics seems relevant—the machine has to know what it should do.
Descriptive ethics also seems likely to be relevant—the machine has to know what people want—assuming that it is going to respect their wishes.