Ethics: Frankenstein's paperclips

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The return of the machinery question Fly Title:  Ethics Main image:  20160625_SRD005_0.jpg Rubric:  Techies do not believe that artificial intelligence will run out of control, but there are other ethical worries AS DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS go, it does not sound terribly frightening. The "paperclip maximiser" is a thought experiment proposed by Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford University. Imagine an artificial intelligence, he says, which decides to...