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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg 4 Jul 2016

    Sam Harris Retweeted Kjetil Volden

    A very good question that I should have asked...https://twitter.com/kjevol/status/750045004811292672 …

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    Kjetil Volden @kjevol
    Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @danieldennett
    The robot really does control the plane. But does it make sense to non-correctively punish it for its mistakes?
    1:22 PM - 4 Jul 2016
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      2. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Even if punishing "bad" robots worked it would be ethically dubious... @SamHarrisOrg

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      3. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @AtheistStoned

        Can just picture the uprising with robot Christopher Hitchens exclaiming: "We're created sick, and then ordered to be well!" @SamHarrisOrg

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
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      2. Mustachio Man‏ @MyFaceMustache 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett Even if the robot is in control, it is purely based on parameters set by man. Mistakes being bad code.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Manfred Maklovich‏ @mandeleigy 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @MyFaceMustache @SamHarrisOrg and

        And humans, on parameters set by nature.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Mustachio Man‏ @MyFaceMustache 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @mandeleigy @SamHarrisOrg and

        While true if we go deeply philosophical, the two are currently on very different scales.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Benjamin Olav‏ @BenjaminOlav 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett You don't punish robots, you fix them. Jail isn't medicine

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. John C. Halloran‏ @johnchalloran 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BenjaminOlav @SamHarrisOrg and

        That'd generally be preferred for humans too.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Vass Media‏ @vass_media 9 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett if it's programmed to be deterred from mistakes by threat of punishment, then possibly!

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      1. Joseph‏ @JosephOnions 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett Dennett was no more cooperative than Omer Aziz. Couldn't move on from punishment as key issue. It's not

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      1. Dan‏ @DanOfAwsome 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Its just a rephrasing of what you said earlier. Robots will learn from other Robot's punishment, like we do from other humans.

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      1. Cam‏ @shkotaymong 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @danieldennett It was great to hear you two spar. A match of the minds intellectually is a wonderful thing :D We need MORE!!

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      1. John Maxham‏ @maxamillion 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @danieldennett Not only did Mozart's music spring from his subconscious, but so did the inclination to write it all down.

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      1. Paul Vodrazka‏ @slickdexic 4 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett does the robot have freewill? Does randomness influence it's behaviour? We're no different

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      1. Edward J‏ @EdwardJonline 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett depending on how the robot is programmed - it would purely be a question of preference, not sense.

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      1. Jesse Harris‏ @jessewharris 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        @kjevol @danieldennett it's up to the prerogative of the owner of the robot (builder/buyer) what should be done ...

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      2. Finn Horsley‏ @FinnHorsley 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Sam,this conversation w/Dan had the feel of religious intractability.He was protecting a sacred ideal from empirical scrutiny

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      3. Finn Horsley‏ @FinnHorsley 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @FinnHorsley @SamHarrisOrg

        Ok,maybe not *religious* intractability...but F.Will def a feature of existence Dan not fully willing to take on w/earnestness

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      1. Finn Horsley‏ @FinnHorsley 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SamHarrisOrg

        Surprised Dan so defensive of a narrative for political value rather than honestly addressing the *evidence* of free will.

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