From: Krekoski Ross (rosskrekoski@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2008 - 13:39:35 MST
Yes, the tree falling in the forest makes a sound.
and no, its not preserved. since "humanity" does not equate with my
construal of humanity.
Rgds,
Ross
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Jeff Herrlich <jeff_herrlich@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It's probably a safe assumption that virtually all humans would prefer
> > that humanity wasn't murdered by an amoral AGI. We can use reasonable
> > eliminations to provide basic guidance. As a matter of reality, there will
> > always be a minority of people who will inevitably disagree with the
> > selected Friendly super-goal. This is inescapable. If we don't assign a
> > specific Friendly super-goal, humanity will be destroyed by default.
> >
>
> How much of humanity would you (plural/non-specific/rhetorical) recognize
> if you were the last representative of your kind?
>
> Suppose you are cryopreserved throughout the mass uploading of
> consciousness, or lost in space until being found by aliens (the old-school
> plot device) When you wake up you are eased into the truth of your
> situation by a "Friendly" (whatever that means) doctor. Your behavior is
> taken as assumed to be the normative average for your species, and their
> model of 21st century humanity is based on this assumption. Through
> discussion/exhumed memories of your (presumed-dead) friends, a model of them
> is created and you are reunited with them. (Possibly with a story
> explaining how they were miraculously also "saved") Your reactions provide
> feedback to correct the difference between your model of your friend and the
> one running their simulation. (of course, with sufficiently good memory
> scanning you wouldn't notice that this person is not exactly as you
> remember) Given an initially convincing portrayal of your friend, over time
> your own model of them would reflect their new/current behavior. Further
> discussion of shared friends generates data to seed their reincarnation.
> After the proverbial six degrees of separation, everyone you can remember
> would be regenerated as simulated 'peers' - Surely any group advanced enough
> to actually DO this can also infuse non-deterministic yet realistic
> behaviors to cover the gaps in your memory and portray a convincing enough
> representation of humanity that you may never learn that you are the only
> "real" person from your time.
>
> In this scenario, is humanity preserved?
>
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