Ben With my extensive training as a mediation counselor let me suggest my own newly developed Mediation System Technology as an aide to making such decisions concerning politeness... (which also enjoys certain applications to a guaranteed "friendly AGI")
This system is based upon a primary complement of instinctual behavioral terms (rewards-leniency-appetite-aversion), therefore not reliant upon any sort of restrictive religious baggage... This elementary instinctual foundation, in turn, extends to a multi-level hierarchy of the traditional groupings of virtues, values, and ideals, collectively arranged as subsets within a hierarchy of metaperspectives - as partially depicted below. Solicitousness . Rewards ..... Submissiveness . Leniency Nostalgia . Worship ......... Guilt . Blame Glory . Prudence ............. Honor . Justice Providence . Faith ........... Liberty . Hope Grace . Beauty ............. Free-will . Truth Tranquility . Ecstasy ............ Equality . Bliss Appetite . + Reinforcement .... Aversion . Neg. Reinforcement Desire . Approval ........... Worry . Concern Dignity . Temperance ........... Integrity . Fortitude Civility . Charity ............... Austerity . Decency Magnanimity . Goodness ............. Equanimity . Wisdom Love . Joy .................. Peace . Harmony A similar pattern further extends to the contrasting behavioral paradigm of punishment, resulting in a parallel hierarchy of the major categories of the vices. Here rewards / leniency is withheld rather than bestowed in response to actions judged not to be suitably solicitous or submissive (as depicted in the diagram below). This format contrasts point-for-point with the respective virtuous mode (the actual system encompasses 320 individual terms). No Solicitousness . No Rewards ..... No Submissiveness . No Leniency Laziness . Treachery ........... Negligence . Vindictiveness Infamy . Insurgency................. Dishonor . Vengeance Prodigality . Betrayal.....................Slavery . Despair Wrath . Ugliness.......................Tyranny . Hypocrisy Anger . Abomination.....................Prejudice . Perdition No Appetite . Punishment. .... No Aversion . - Punishment Apathy . Spite ............... Indifference . Malice Foolishness . Gluttony.................Caprice . Cowardice Vulgarity . Avarice...................Cruelty . Antagonism Oppression . Evil.....................Persecution . Cunning Hatred . Iniquity....................Belligerence . Turpitude The basic strategy involves turning negative transactions into positive ones, while aiming to prevent the reverse reaction. With such ethical safeguards firmly in place, the friendly AGI computer is similarly prohibited from expressing the corresponding realm of the vices, allowing for a truly flawless simulation of virtue -- a computer one could implicitly trust... Cordially John E. LaMuth http://www.ethicalvalues.com www.charactervalues.org **************************************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Goertzel To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: [agi] META: do we need a stronger "politeness code" on this list? I would be willing to enforce a stronger code of politeness on this list if that is what the membership wants. I have been told before, in other contexts, that I tend to be overly tolerant of rude behavior. Anyone else have an opinion on this? Ben ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
