LETTERS

摘要

From Robert Cailliau, Prévessin-Moëns, France Teal Burrell discusses human purposes and goals - which we clearly have from biological evolution (28 January, p 30), That raises the question: what purpose would an artificial intelligence have? If its software does not have a built-in set of goals, would an Al develop one at random from its observations of the world around it, or would it just pull the plug on itself?