On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Trent Waddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:36 AM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Lets distinguish between the two major goals of AGI. The first is to automate >> the economy. The second is to become immortal through uploading. > > Umm, who's goals are these? Who said they are "the [..] goals of > AGI"? I'm pretty sure that what I want AGI for is going to be > different to what you want AGI for as to what anyone else wants AGI > for.. and any similarities are just superficial. >
And to boot, both of you don't really know what you want. You may try to present plans as points designating a certain level of utility you want to achieve through AI, by showing feasible plans that are quite good in themselves. But these are neither the best scenarios available, nor what will actually come to pass. See this note by Yudkowsky: http://www.sl4.org/archive/0212/5957.html "So if you're thinking that what you want involves chrome and steel, lasers and shiny buttons to press, neural interfaces, nanotechnology, or whatever great groaning steam engine has a place in your heart, you need to stop writing a science fiction novel with yourself as the main character, and ask yourself who you want to be. " -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------- 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=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
