On 2/12/2015 3:15 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:53 AM, meekerdb <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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.
Good point. Sometimes you just have to go with your best guess. 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.
