From: Samantha Atkins (sjatkins@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 18:00:25 MDT
On Apr 7, 2005 9:19 PM, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
> > Really? Michael's message didn't look much like that was what was
> > being said to me.
>
> That's how I read Vassar's message, but maybe only because it was what I
> expected to hear. Nonetheless, I didn't see anything about an OP not thinking
> before it acts. Rather, what I heard was that an OP with the goal of thinking
> will act in order to think more efficiently. These will be aFriendly acts;
> humane humans are not driven solely by the goal of making accurate predictions.
>
Humane humans do atempt to predict the outcome of their actions before
acting and can tell the difference between contemplating a possible
action and acting. I apologize if I am belaboring the point but I
would like to be sure the OP also is capable effectively of making
this distinction.
- s
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