A Catechism for Robots
Kevin Kelly’s draft "A Catechism for Robots" proposes a moral FAQ for embodied AIs with persistent memory and autonomy. It defines robots as hybrid beings, assigns them core values of honesty and humility, and outlines a no‑harm directive that applies beyond human operators. The document balances foundational rules—truth, non‑stealing, pain avoidance—with guidance for handling ambiguous situations, mistakes, and decommissioning. Ultimately, it frames robots as ethical descendants, tasked with transmitting moral systems to future autonomous generations.
Three Modes of Cognition
Kevin Kelly argues that intelligence, both human and artificial, comprises three core cognitive modes: knowledge reasoning, world sense, and continuous learning. Large language models already dominate the knowledge reasoning tier, surpassing human book‑based expertise. World sense, built on real‑world perception,...