On 6/20/2021 2:43 AM, John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 8:46 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List
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/> Certain values are built in by evolution, values related to
reproducing mostly/
Humans don't have a fixed hierarchical goal structure, our values are
in a constant state of flux, even the value we place on
self-preservation. Any intelligent being would have to be the same
way because it may turn out that the goal we want is impossible to
achieve so a new goal will have to be found, and Alan Turing proved
that in general there is no way to tell beforehand if a goal is
achievable or not.
Yes, part of being intelligent must be to shuffle long term and short
term goals. But that doesn't affect my point that intelligence requires
that there be some fundamental values that are not merely instrumental
and are categorically different from intelligence.
Brent
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