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Has anyone attempted to build moral principles into an AI model?

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[–] daveB@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for your reply and I think you are in the same headspace as I am on this topic. I will check out the links you posted. A side note: what is the difference between ethics and morals?

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

My pleasure!

Morality has a religious basis and ultimately comes down to "God's will is how things should be, so how close is it to God's will?"

Meanwhile, ethics is secular and tries to answer questions of "right" and "wrong" in the absence of an omnipotent power.

[–] daveB@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I see your point. Thank you for your well worded explanation.

My personal view is not to see religious or secular but that we are all dealing with the same thing.

I enjoy CS Lewis’s discussions on universal morality as he was someone who was an atheist who later professed faith in Jesus Christ.

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

At least in philosophy the two terms are interchangeable. Moral philosophy deals with all sorts of ethical theories, not just divine command theory (God's commands decide what's moral and what isn't)