Thanks Bill for making this available.
I've enjoyed what I read so far (I started at the end and am reading
toward the beginning.)
The Section 10.4 (where the issue of competition is addressed) caught my
attention. It seems extremely relevant to "ethics." I like the
presentation of competition as natural. And, I agree that competition
is simply a result of the development of differing notions of the best
outcomes.
It seems that the section is ambivalent on whether many AI is better
than a single AI. If the focus of the book is the question about what
is ethical, it seems that this is the perfect place to take a position
that multiple AI is both natural, and ethically preferred. Humans may
not be AI, but they will also be intelligent units in the overall scheme.
As intelligent units, the humans have various point of view. They each
see outcomes that they consider valid, achievable and desirable. I
would argue that this is a huge factor in quality of life for a human -
the ability to pursue based on their current point of view. What could
be more harmful for a human than to invalidate their point of view?
more harmful than to cause them doubt everything they "think"? and leave
them without the will to attempt anything? In my opinion it is a "great
harm to humans" to give them the idea that there is one "best" way and
they don't know what it is.
Stan
P.S.
I don't see competition as an enemy to good. Strong AI's would likely
test the strength of the other AIs and then choose the better way as it
calculates it. All should realizing and accept that there is a "force"
that looks at things differently and is working toward other outcomes.
Stomping out others who see things different shouldn't be "ethically"
acceptable and a shouldn't be considered the goal of competition.
There is competition and there is domination...
On 11/06/2014 03:07 AM, Bill Hibbard via AGI wrote:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1373
Cheers,
Bill
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