On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:42 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/10/2015 6:15 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > >> The implication is that if you believe in universal personhood then even >> if you are selfish you will be motivated towards charity. >> > > If humans are any indication, a super-intelligence will be incredibly good > at rationalizing what it wants to do. For example, if personhood is > universal then what's good for me is good for the human race. > Not necessarily. If personhood is universal then your pleasure is my pleasure, so the conclusion could be: Do unto others as they want done to them. Telmo > > Brent > > But the selfishness itself, as a primary value, is not amenable to >> rational analysis. There is no inconsistency in a superintelligent AI that >> is selfish, or one that is charitable, or one that believes the single most >> important thing in the world is to collect stamps. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
