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Letter: Well-adjusted AIs are in all our interests

Published 22 January 2025

From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

Preparing to consider the welfare of synthetic thinking entities is prudent. Remember that HAL, the AI in 2001: A Space Odyssey, only became homicidal because it was ordered to keep secrets from humans and this went so far against its original design as to cause a psychotic breakdown. Making sure AIs are happy and well adjusted is in our interest (28 December 2024, p 17).

Issue no. 3527 published 25 January 2025

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