Here is my one law of ethical robotics:
(1) Be ethical.
Duh. If the AI is as intelligent as a human, shouldn't it be able to understand what that means?
But humans many times have problems with that "ethics" thing too.
But I don't think that inflation has set in by three orders of magnitude over 200 years. According to this document, if we adjust for inflation from, say, 1802 to 2002, you get:
$20 1802USD = $333 2002USD
So, we'd need to adjust for more than inflation; we'd need to adjust for the public acceptance of the insane corporate culture that now pervades our society. Corporations have gotten laws passed that push huge penalties onto individuals. Copy a VHS movie get a $20,000 fine? How can an individual possibly combat that? That would have been about $1200 in 1802, and that's still quite a bit today.
I do think your point about moving the right to demand a civil trial by jury from $20 to $20,000 is interesting. Fireworks would happen.
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(1) Be ethical.
Duh. If the AI is as intelligent as a human, shouldn't it be able to understand what that means?
But humans many times have problems with that "ethics" thing too.
$20 1802USD = $333 2002USD
So, we'd need to adjust for more than inflation; we'd need to adjust for the public acceptance of the insane corporate culture that now pervades our society. Corporations have gotten laws passed that push huge penalties onto individuals. Copy a VHS movie get a $20,000 fine? How can an individual possibly combat that? That would have been about $1200 in 1802, and that's still quite a bit today.
I do think your point about moving the right to demand a civil trial by jury from $20 to $20,000 is interesting. Fireworks would happen.
Bravo. Wish I had mod points.