Linas, BillK It might currently be hard to accept for association-based human minds, but things like "roses", "power-over-others", "being worshiped" or "loved" are just waste of time with indirect feeling triggers (assuming the nearly-unlimited ability to optimize).
Regards, Jiri Jelinek On Nov 2, 2007 12:56 PM, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 12:41:16PM -0400, Jiri Jelinek wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2007 2:14 AM, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >if you could have anything you wanted, is this the end you > > would wish for yourself, more than anything else? > > > > Yes. But don't forget I would also have AGI continuously looking into > > how to improve my (/our) way of perceiving the pleasure-like stuff. > > This is a bizarre line of reasoning. One way that my AGI might improve > my perception of pleasure is to make me dumber -- electroshock me -- > so that I find gilligan's island reruns incredibly pleasurable. Or, > I dunno, find that heroin addiction is a great way to live. > > Or help me with fugue states: "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" > feed me zen koans till my head explodes. > > But it might also decide that I should be smarter, so that I have a more > acute sense and discernement of pleasure. Make me smarter about roses, > so that I can enjoy my rose garden in a more refined way. And after I'm > smarter, perhaps I'll have a whole new idea of what "pleasure" is, > and what it takes to make me happy. > > Personally, I'd opt for this last possibility. > > --linas > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=60582722-508dcb
