On 01/07/07, Tom McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why do you assume that "win at any cost" is the > default around which > you need to work? Because it corresponds to the behavior of the vast, vast majority of possible AGI systems. Is there a single AGI design now in existence which wouldn't wipe us all out in order to achieve some goal?
If its goal is "achieve x using whatever means necessary" and x is "win at chess using only the formal rules of chess", then it would fail if it won by using some means extraneous to the formal rules of chess, just as surely as it would fail due to losing to a superior opponent. -- Stathis Papaioannou ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
