Is it possible to be racist against AIs?

[Babale]

@LSLGuy

Seems like some people want to use the narrowest possible definition(s) of their term(s) while others want to use wider one(s). It’s a decent bet there is no resolution to that one; the Language Uncertainty Principle ensures that.

I don’t even know if that’s the issue.

Let me try to cut through this Gordian Knot, @griffin1977.

If someone seriously tells you that racism against AI is literally possible and is just as bad as the real thing, they are either delusional or racist themselves.

On the other hand, jokingly referring to irrational dislike of AI (or anything else) as “racist” does not inherently imply that racism against AI is literally possible and is just as bad as the real thing.

[scudsucker]

My non-scientific thoughts: AI is not really a race, but more of a clade that is just starting to join the rest of us.

So as much as I hate certain insects, particulary the Anopheles mosquito, that’s not racist, it is cladist - it is all mosquitos I disdain.

But somehow I think AI has not yet got to semi-sentience; and while useful as a tool, it has a long way to go before I characterized my dislike for AI as “cladist”.

[Procrustus]

@Little_Nemo

Saying that black people and gay people can both be the target of prejudice does not mean you are equating black people and gay people in general.

The same principle applies if somebody asks if AI’s can be the target of prejudice. This does not imply that the person is equating black people and AI’s in general.

Sure, but it’s not “racist.” Prejudice against gay people and AI’s is prejudice, not racism.

[Little_Nemo]

@Procrustus

Sure, but it’s not “racist.” Prejudice against gay people and AI’s is prejudice, not racism.

Not sure what your point is. I called it prejudice.

[Procrustus]

True. I probably shouldn’t have replied directly to you but more generally. People have been replying to the OP and discussing as if prejudice = racism.