DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 10:04:43 AM UTC-5, Spalted Walt wrote:
wrote:

I have to say, I am sorry to see that.

technophobia [tek-nuh-foh-bee-uh]
noun -- abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzEeJc...policy=3&rel=0

I'm not sure how this will work out on usenet, but I'm going to present
a scenario and ask for an answer. After some amount of time, maybe 48 hours,
since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I'll expand on that scenario and ask for
another answer.

Trust me, this will eventually lead back to technology, AI and most
certainly, people.

In the following scenario you must assume that all options have been
considered and narrowed down to only 2. Please just accept that the
situation is as stated and that you only have 2 choices. If we get into
"Well, in a real life situation, you'd have to factor in this, that and
the other thing" we'll never get through this exercise.

Here goes:

5 workers are standing on the railroad tracks. A train is heading in their
direction. They have no escape route. If the train continues down the tracks,
it will most assuredly kill them all.

You are standing next to the lever that will switch the train to another
track before it reaches the workers. On the other track is a lone worker,
also with no escape route.

You have 2, and only 2, options. If you do nothing, all 5 workers will
be killed. If you pull the lever, only 1 worker will be killed.

Which option do you choose?

I think humans have an aversion to harming others that needs to be
overridden by something (artificial intelligence). By rational
thinking we can sometimes override it -- by thinking about the people
we will save, for example. But for some people, that increase in
anxiety may be so overpowering that they don't make the utilitarian
choice, the choice for the greater good.