On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:53 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/11/2015 8:25 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > > > 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. > > > But I'm they, and it's hard to be sure about what they want, so it's best > to get me what I want. > It's not so hard when they are a man. You just have to ask. It they are a woman, it can be a bit more complicated indeed. Telmo. > That way they, sharing my personhood, will also be rewarded. > > Brent > > -- > 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.
