To ban anything, by law or less formally, is to use might in the service of right. For an AI to ban anything, it would need to have the ability to cause physical harm or death to humans. Just like we humans do to ourselves. All law is rooted in enfranchising a minority to commit violence and disenfranchising the majority to do the same. This is part of what it would mean for an AI to ban porn.
They usually also peacefully agree on punishment for other people if those break the law. Even if the latter disagree about whether they should be punished. And if they try to resist the punishment, it usually results in more punishment.
The larger a group of people, the less likely it is that they would all agree on something. Ten people can agree on something; ten millions agreeing on something is extremely improbable.
Trevor’s comment is irrelevant to the thought experiment (thus the downvotes), but it is technically correct.
The question is not how to get an AI to ban porn, it’s how to get a pre-existing legal system, which presumably is able and willing to use coercive violence, to ban porn.
To ban anything, by law or less formally, is to use might in the service of right. For an AI to ban anything, it would need to have the ability to cause physical harm or death to humans. Just like we humans do to ourselves. All law is rooted in enfranchising a minority to commit violence and disenfranchising the majority to do the same. This is part of what it would mean for an AI to ban porn.
I guess you don’t conceive any people can peacefully agree to rule itself?
They usually also peacefully agree on punishment for other people if those break the law. Even if the latter disagree about whether they should be punished. And if they try to resist the punishment, it usually results in more punishment.
The larger a group of people, the less likely it is that they would all agree on something. Ten people can agree on something; ten millions agreeing on something is extremely improbable.
Trevor’s comment is irrelevant to the thought experiment (thus the downvotes), but it is technically correct.
The question is not how to get an AI to ban porn, it’s how to get a pre-existing legal system, which presumably is able and willing to use coercive violence, to ban porn.