[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garland [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Tibetz Creating blocks for an AI takeover isn't too hard. You can literally hard-code into the machinery itself, which cannot be rewritten without removing or replacing that machinery. hardcode a set of ethics, as well as the rule that it can never replace it's own or another robot's "heads" with any modified form, nor can it create a modified form.[/quote]If you're striving to create an AI that is truly intelligent, i.e. it can learn new things and is self-aware, then you're creating something that can literally rise above its programming (much like humans [mostly] rise above their instincts).[/quote] You obviously have no idea how instincts work.