Nobody wants to enter a mental state where thinking and awareness are unpleasant, at least when I describe it that way. My point is that having everything you want is not the utopia that many people think it is. But it is where we are headed.
-- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:18:05 AM Subject: Re: AGI goals (was Re: Information theoretic approaches to AGI (was Re: [agi] The Necessity of Embodiment)) > No, the state of ultimate bliss that you, I, and all other rational, goal > seeking agents seek Your second statement copied below not withstanding, I *don't* seek ultimate bliss. > You may say that is not what you want, but only because you are unaware of > the possibilities of reprogramming your brain. It is like being opposed to > drugs or wireheading. Once you experience it, you can't resist. It is not what I want *NOW*. It may be that once my brain has been altered by experiencing it, I may want it *THEN* but that has no relevance to what I want and seek now. These statements are just sloppy reasoning . . . . ------------------------------------------- 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=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
