Re: CEV specifies who the AI cares about (was Re: Can't afford to rescue cows)

From: Thomas McCabe (pphysics141@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2008 - 17:10:33 MDT


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Matt Mahoney <matmahoney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Stefan Pernar <stefan.pernar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Maybe 'to exist = being part of reality'? Suggestions?
>
> To exist = to have a description in a form that can be copied.
> Description can be your DNA, your knowledge, or your source code.
>
>
> -- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
>

See the argument at http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/tom/?p=68 for
why this kind of existence, or indeed any kind of existence, can never
be perfectly Friendly under all circumstances.

-- 
 - Tom
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/tom


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