From: Phil Goetz (philgoetz@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 14:59:20 MDT
--- Sebastian Hagen <sebastian_hagen@gmx.de> wrote:
> Eliezer's general behaviour seems to indicate that he (I apologize
for
> the human pronouns; they are not meant to indicate a preconception
that
> Eliezer is in fact human) is working hard and (at least compared to
the
> competition) competently to prevent the existential disaster that >
would e.g follow from the release of a UFAI.
> If that estimation was mostly correct (high probability), killing him
> would increase the probability of an existential disaster occurring.
> If
> your hypothesis (Eliezer is a UFAI; low probability) were correct,
> killing him would decrease the probability of an existential disastet
> occurring.
> The stakes are about equal, so the massively higher probability of
> the
> first possibility makes not killing him the right decision.
A good point! So we can let Eliezer live, for now. :)
I'll use more smileys next time I make a joke.
- Phil
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