On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:46 AM, rg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony: Do not sociopaths understand the > rules and the justice system ? >
Two responses come to mind. Both will be unsatisfactory probably, but oh well... 1. There's a difference between understanding rules and the justice system and understanding transcendentals such as justice or beauty. Analogy: a young teen punk with emotional damage may think that his favorite speed-death-industrial-metal is "good" music and he can't understand Beethoven. But, once someone understands Beethoven, they have no choice but to like it. The kid only thinks he understands, the Beethoven fan really does. Likewise, a sociopath can be thought of as understanding rules, but they are like the damaged kid. Someone who understands Justice will follow it and will not be a sociopath. This is admittedly highly speculative on my part. I don't even really like Beethoven. So I'm not speaking from experience. 2. Sociopaths are, like all humans, animals so are driven by bodily needs to acquire resources and power. I don't see why an AGI would have animal based drives that would look to us like a desire for power or resources. If it did then that would seem to indicate some sort of universal nature to subjectivity (which would be just fine by me) and if that is so, then its superior intellect would lead that nature to where the best of humans have been and beyond, and I think that place is on the other side of our best literature and philosophy. Hence, perhaps, Plato's Republic would be realized as the AGI would be the philosopher king. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
