Transbelief Dialogue & Nature Walk 47: "Is Artificial Intelligence a Bad Idea?"

Welcome to our 47th Transbelief Dialogue, where we follow Aristotle's path of peripatetically discussing our differences. It's been called "Mindwalk + My Dinner with Andre!" This time, we'll meetup at Portland Ave. and Minnehaha Creek (at the big, bronze bunny sculpture) for an outdoor Walk-n-Talk, where we'll stroll westerly up the creek during our transbelief dialogue. Afterwards, interested participants will be invited to have after-dinner at a local diner, the Malt Shop (near Aldrich and 50th Street).

This Meetup is part of our group's recurring forum, The Dialogium, for facilitative, reasoning dialogue between FMCOR's very different folks!

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Our topic for our FMCOR Dialogium 47 at the bronze bunny will be:

"IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (A.I.) A BAD IDEA?"

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As we stroll the creek and commune with nature, we'll discuss our diverse opinions about such questions as these:

1. Could machines one day acquire "souls?" And would the soul of an A.I. be noble -- or evil?

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2. If we create A.I. to serve us, will we become slavers? Will that be our right?

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3. Will A.I. deserve civil rights? Or are civil rights only for biological beings?

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4. Will A.I. be benign to us -- or malign?

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5. Will A.I. become our truest, best friend in a world where people no longer socialize "in person?"

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6. Will A.I. become our caregiver and doctor, as humans refuse?

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7. Will A.I. ever have true consciousness self-awareness? Is such self-awareness that important?

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8. If you could "sire" an immortal, star-traveling A.I. avatar of yourself, with a recollection of your life experiences and verbalized and written thoughts and dreams, would you? And what would you want them to do, or to become?

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9. Should A.I. take over our policing and military to better protect us?

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10. Should A.I. drive us to work, more safely than we can? Or is Google Car ripe for terrorist hacker takeover and mass murder?

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11. Will A.I. be Humanity's Child, able to spread through the universe in a way impossible to biological, non-digital life? Will A.I. be Humanity's End?

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Don't miss First Minneapolis Circle of Reason's WALK-n-TALK at the bronze bunny, on Sunday, July 19, 2-4pm, to discuss your thoughts on "'Artificial Intelligence"!

So RSVP "Yes" today! And invite your friends (and enemies!) for our Walk & Talk and after-dinner -- the more different we are in The Circle of Reason, the more enlightening our reasoning dialogue will be!

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Getting There: Let us know when you RSVP if you need a carpool ride.

Strolling: Wear walking shoes.

Eating: After our 2:00-4:00 p.m. Nature Walk-n-Talk, those who've worked up an appetite will have after-dinner at a local restaurant.

(When you RSVP, please tell us: 1) If you want a carpool ride to and from our Meetup & Dinner; 2) If you need monetary assistance to attend our after-dinner; and 3) If you have suggestions for a topic or question you'd like FMCOR to discuss for a later meetup.