From: m.l.vere@durham.ac.uk
Date: Mon May 15 2006 - 04:54:57 MDT
Quoting Phillip Huggan <cdnprodigy@yahoo.com>:
> As a memory it is no longer relevant except in a weak derivative form. Once
> the 1st hand experience has elapsed it holds no direct value. It is the
> experiences of conscious actors *in the present* that give the universe
> objectivity. Morality pertains to how you use the resources under your
> disposal to affect the experiences of the sum of conscious actors in the
> universe.
> I don't give a shit whether your innate or environmental or
> (self-)educational (the biggest biases for better or worse are found in the
> learning category) value biases recognize others or merely yourself. But the
> fact that you are selfish does not mean there aren't others who are
> benevolent. It certainly doesn't mean an AGI can't be programmed that is or
> behaves like it is benevolent. This isn't a list to seek existential
> meaning.
I understand that this is not a 'list seeking existential meaning'. You
misinterperet me, I do not argue that building AGI based on your concept
of 'benevolence' is impossible. I argue that it is undesirable.
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