Ben, On 11/2/08, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, an interesting point is that Selmer does not believe strong AI is > possible on traditional digital computers. Possibly related to this is that > he is a serious Christian theological thinker.
Taking off my AGI hat and putting on my Simulated Christian hat for a moment... Man was thrown out of the Garden of Eden for partaking in the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. You know that tree at the center of the Garden of Eden? If you read the Book of Genesis in the Bible, you'll see that it was NOT an apple tree, but rather the tree of knowledge of good and evil. There is an important lesson here which Selmer obviously failed to get if/when he read Genesis. If his work succeeds, by his own beliefs, he will cast man out of the potential utopia that AGI might bring, probably by poisoning AGIs with his ideas. By both Christian and secular reasoning, Selmer may be one of the most dangerous people in the world. There is a snake in every garden, and in this case, it is Selmer. BTW, the Koran corrects this, stating that it was an apple tree in the Garden of Eden - effectively denying this lesson. > Second, his approach to AI is very strongly logic-based, and his approach > to implementing morality is based on deontic logic, which is an attempt to > formalize explicit rules defining the structure of good and evil. Egad. Steve Richfield ------------------------------------------- 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=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
