The Passengers (The Dark Future Series)

by John Marrs

“This is, what, your second day here? I don’t expect someone like you to grasp the ins and outs of software development. I do, however, expect you to trust what your government has told you. The software used in AI has been embedded with human principles to help to guide the vehicle’s decision-making process.”

But AI doesn't understand human principles and therefore shouldn't be used for human decisions.

You’re a statistician who doesn’t understand the value of human life because you live in a virtual reality surrounded by other avatars equally as devoid of empathy as you. You are worse than artificial intelligence because at least AI can be programmed to care.

A priest I knew once told me, ‘A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.’ That’s how I’ve lived my life.”

Words to live by.