On 11/29/2017 9:54 PM, [email protected] wrote:
On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:38:50 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 11/29/2017 3:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:On 28 Nov 2017, at 18:49, Jason Resch wrote:On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:This question is more interesting. I tend to fall in the camp that we exercise little control over the ultimate decision made by such a super intelligence, but I am optimistic that a super intelligence will, during the course of its ascension, discover and formalize a system of ethics, and this may lead to it deciding not to wipe out other life forms. For example, it might discover the same ideas expressed here ( https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arnold_Zuboff/publication/233329805_One_Self_The_Logic_of_Experience/links/54adcdb60cf2213c5fe419ec/One-Self-The-Logic-of-Experience.pdf <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arnold_Zuboff/publication/233329805_One_Self_The_Logic_of_Experience/links/54adcdb60cf2213c5fe419ec/One-Self-The-Logic-of-Experience.pdf> ) and therefore determine something like the golden rule is rationally justified.I will take a look. I read him in Mind's I. What is the golden rule? I am sure you have heard of it in concept, perhaps this name for it is specific to english, but it is defined as: The Golden Rule <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule> (which can be considered a law of reciprocity in some religions) is the principle of treating others as one would wish to be treated. It is a maxim of altruism that is found in many religions and cultures.OK, I did. With Mechanism, the Golden Rule is more like "don't treat others as *they* do not want to be treated",That's commonly referred to as the Silver Rule. It was a commonplace in pre-Christian ethics. Supposedly Jesus improved on it with the Golden Rule. I agree that the Silver Rule is more sensible. BrentSilver rule? Did you make that up, a joke, or was it really commonplace in pre Christian ethics? It must be a joke, right? AG
It was a teaching of Judaism and some other Mesopotamian religions, but it wasn't called "the Silver Rule" until later in contrast to the Golden Rule.
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