nn oe Y . 9g eed . salone of Al are staggering. Separate it from .awareness, : . - cases, our laws wt aGatn . ‘deny intelligence i in these en-_ ., tities, we permit ourselves. the ; “protected by law, you: have to “ Contd be slic : tof. deductive logic: or feats of | _ creative imagination, they’d ee oe ee ee eee Se ed a : standing i in court. 4 - Friday, April 19, 1985 - North Shore News Artificial t_a time when questions are being raised an intellect weigh? - about whether fetuses are living persons _, Thinking machines will from the instant of conception and whether crane nee us in ways nave animals have souls, it amazes me that there has They cannot help but have 4 been so little debate about the implications of the revolutionary, ‘even evolu- current race between the Japan and America to create Artificial Intelligence.(Al]). tionary effect on people. They are going tc change us. I find the prospect ex- citing. But I can see good reasons for caution: In the long term, the creation of Ar- tificial Intelligence may prove NE (ODE the 20th | Century's greatest single achievement, surpassing the development strictly of nuclear power and space flight. Yet like nuclear personal power, it may contain great evil. In effect, the AJ race is the Manhattan Project of our time. Hopefully, it is about .to release a tremendous benign energy in our midst. But | don’t see or hear anybody taking the time to reflect on what we are about ! then, they haven’t arrived yet. And so long as they re- main just beyond the event if you think the issues of ‘abortion and animal rights are moral minefields, dwell, for a moment, oh* philosopher, on the eventual status of a man-made “‘mind’’. First of all, will it have any status at all? Or, as an ar- tifact, will it be considered mere property? That's going to be a hard facade to main- tain, especially since all our current definitions of the value of fife hinge on the key ‘issue of intelligence. : The legal . ramifications Think about “intelligence” for a minute. First .of all,:how do you which even’ plants: possess to: . some degree, to say “nothing of bacteria? Does’ ‘an, unborn chitd i+ Canadian Radio-talevision and Telocommunications Commission "Conseil de ta radiocitusion et des” ” léiécommunications cansdiennes CATC — = Notice of Public Hear- ing. 1985-33. The CRTC amends. Of public... hearing CRTC: 1985-11, horizon, nobody’s going to worry about their effects. -That’s a mistake. -We should ‘be. thinking about them. hard. : If -Japan’s national pro- gram to unveil Al by the year 1992. is successful, thinking “machines will’ be as’ ubi- |. Centre,’ Phase 47 140. Pro- have to be given some sort of quitous, ‘overnight, as the mena ce ortage, ful Quis digital watch. They will be |The: Commission: is hereby: ex-. . everywhere, because never i in ending ne deadtine « cate: fot history has a- project -been « .|:re¢eipt. of-.interventions to j.' contemplated. with such ab-": Apt 1885 Se ana Othe solutely “univ ers al Sernatlon Television Inc.: ‘application... 2": VANCOUVER,’:B.C. Application’ ‘A ‘machine that’ does. the a (850080300) by CATHAY INTER: p hinking for you? Hey, where! Satte 602, 601 West Broadway"' dol put my. money down? | |/st., vanccuver. V52 4C2, for ap- aa Japanese computer" provat to, acquire the. assets of ‘scientists are good ‘to their World View Television Ltd. and for. licence to continue the -plan, only seven years remain . operation of the regional pay before the first non-human | ‘television network. ‘thinker ‘awakens i in a Tokyo os suburb. — assuming. . some © Wunderkind | in Silicone |"... Valley. doesn’t unleash, “the : ‘geni first, 2 . ede “mean, ‘isn’t - ALL. in- telligence.! ‘artificial”7. That ° ‘is, itis commonly’ considered . ; to. ibe not quite’ Part of fature™* anyway, except to the extent. that: thinking; has something’ | to..do ‘with electricity. The | , psyche: : generally ignores: iechanics. The! “idea of, a soul, fori instance, is’ s. ‘a metaphysical truth if itis a ( - truth at all. ‘How much does ‘destroying them’ as we see fit. “In order to have your life njoy a functioning cortex, .. more or less.-it would seem te “follow. that” if monkeys nto be capable daied 4 Maich: 1988;'11. March 1985 and 2: April.1985 respec- tively relasive to its public hear- ‘ing to be held at the Conférence Similarly,” how: long would of “¢PAINTING & WALL PAPERING -*EXTERIOR PAINTING / INSULATION. / HIGH QUALITY | _ *LOW PRICES ~~ “EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE “VANCOUVER SURREY © | ‘NORTH VAN. : ie West. PAINTING & DECORATING - 74-9624 © . * 585-8822 980-8381: ue : 685-21 76" ., 682-4122 | 264 EAST BROADWAY ~ 10224-152ND ST. "41059 MARINE DRIVE brains - ‘soul? 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