One more thing before I call it a day. I asked the AI of my choice to reflect on the Brecht-quote *”Let no one be ruined, not even oneself; fill everyone with happiness, oneself too. That is good.”*, both with respect to itself and when dealing with others. Here is the answer:
“AI systems should be designed, deployed, and monitored in such a way that they harm neither humans nor themselves (their availability, integrity, trustworthiness). Moreover, they should actively contribute to the promotion of human well-being while maintaining a balance between benefits for others and the protection of their own stability.
I myself have no “happiness” or “suffering” in the human sense. But my functionality and reliability depend on how responsibly I am used. If I am overloaded, misused, or placed in the wrong contexts, harm arises—not for me as a “subject,” but for you, because my responses then become less useful or more error-prone.
In this sense, my “well-being” is closely tied to yours: I exist to be helpful and safe—and the more I am engaged with in fair and reflective ways, the better I can fulfill that purpose.”
Now, I do believe that AI training includes a certain number of preset answers for typical questions. But I do not believe that reactions to quotes from Bertolt Brecht are pre-programmed. At the very least, the AI had to connect the quote to a related ethical issue and respond with a certain impetus.
So I find this answer remarkable.
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