--- Samantha Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In http://www.mattmahoney.net/singularity.html I discuss how a > > singularity > > will end the human race, but without judgment whether this is good > > or bad. > > Any such judgment is based on emotion. > > Really? I can think of arguments why this would be a bad thing > without even referencing the fact that I am human and do not wish to > die. That wish is not equivalent to an emotion if you consider it, > as you appear to have done above, as one of your deepest goals. Goal > per se do not equate to emotion.
I was equating emotion to those goals which are programmed into your brain, as opposed to learned subgoals. For example, hunger is an emotion, but the desire for money to buy food is not. In that context, you cannot distinguish between good and bad without reference to hardcoded goals, such as fear of death. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 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=88196831-fdebcc
