Ben/Bill,
My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
So whether ethics are built in from the start in the Novamente
architecture
Ben,
Right from the start, even before there is an intelligent autonomous mind
there, there will be goals that are of the basic structural character of
ethical goals. I.e. goals that involve the structure of compassion, of
adjusting the system's actions to account for the well-being of
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Philip Sutton wrote:
Ben/Bill,
My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
. . .
Absolutely goals (I prefer
Bill Hibbard wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Philip Sutton wrote:
Ben/Bill,
My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
Absolutely
