> >> >> there was a cool theory of life offspin recently >> >> the idea of the new part is that living beings like humans have an >> infinite set of needs only some of which are known. >> it's infinite because the future is unknown, we see no bound to possible >> diversity in futures people pursue >> so we exist meeting many needs already with our bodies, our minds and >> communities work to meet needs our bodies haven't adapted to, etc, and new >> needs will be found during the course of our lives and cultures and more >> will be found in the future >> >> meanwhile cobtrolling systems and paperclip factory AIs have specific >> things they pursue (in my situation) often in excess >> >> so a blind, preprogrammed process that can't adjust it's own rules will >> _always eventually fail-- >> > > [because it ends up not doing what is actually needed in an unbounded > system >
maybe corrupt or incomplete but it also shows why empires collapse. when the rules come from top-dow--
