Matt Mahoney wrote:
If I hired you as a security analyst to find flaws in a piece of software, and
I didn't tell you what I was going to do with the information, how would you
know?
This is so silly it is actually getting quite amusing... :-)
So, you are positing a situation in which I am an AGI, and you want to
hire me as a security analyst, and you say to me: "Please build the
most potent virus in the world (one with a complete AGI inside it),
because I need it for security purposes, but I am not going to tell you
what I will do with the thing you build."
And we are assuming that I am an AGI with at least two neurons to rub
together?
How would I know what you were going to do with the information?
I would say "Sorry, pal, but you must think I was born yesterday. I am
not building such a virus for you or anyone else, because the dangers of
building it, even as a test, are so enormous that it would be
ridiculous. And even if I did think it was a valid request, I wouldn't
do such a thing for *anyone* who said 'I cannot tell you what I will do
with the thing that you build'!"
It seems to me that you have completely lost track of the original issue
in this conversation, so your other comments are meaningless with
respect to that original context.
End of conversation.
Richard Loosemore
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