what is cause of psychopaths and sadists? ... Re: [Ailist] AIand Bullying

[Howard Ditkoff]

The etiology of psychopathy is a very interesting and crucial topic. I recommend these books.

http://tinyurl.com/5zrjl4

http://tinyurl.com/ysg5wj

Studies have shown that psychopaths have a truly different wiring in their brain as it relates to emotion. Perhaps some got that way by genetics, others by abuse. Regardless, studies also show most are impervious to usual treatment. In fact, they take the treatment and use it to just learn how to manipulate people even better.

Best,
Howard
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From: "Lionel Boxer" <lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au>
To: <howard at emergentassociates.com>; <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:34 PM
Subject: what is cause of psychopaths and sadists? ... Re: [Ailist] AIand Bullying


I wonder how they got that way in the first place.  Certainly, some people have chemical imbalances in their makeups that make them psychopaths and sadists, but the human self is a social construction.  Might there be roots in the behaviour of psychopaths and sadists that can be prevented by AI inspired prevention?

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - +1-416-482-3203
Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
Graduate School of Business
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>>> "Howard Ditkoff" <howard at emergentassociates.com> 29/10/08 2:23 PM >>>
My feeling is that some bullying cannot be addressed by AI. There are among 
us psychopaths and sadists who enjoy causing pain and are not motivated at 
all by the "positive" feelings that AI aims at fostering. They are 
sociopathic and antisocial. Bullying involving people like that can only be 
addressed by stopping those people from having power.

But when it isn't involving someone like that, then perhaps AI can help find 
leverage points for reconciliation.

However, what I said in the first paragraph has massive implications that 
limit AI's effectiveness on a large scale in our world. Personality 
disorders are not amenable to AI.

Best,
Howard Ditkoff
Emergent Associates, LLC
http://www.emergentassociates.com

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