Re: More silly but friendly ideas

From: Stathis Papaioannou (stathisp@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Jun 07 2008 - 22:09:45 MDT


2008/6/8 John K Clark <johnkclark@fastmail.fm>:

>> Suppose the AI is born with the idea that
>> its own survival is most important.
>> What new information could possibly lead it
>> to change its mind about this?
>
> Knowledge that pain, physical or mental, could exist at a greater
> intensity than previously thought possible.

Then survival was never the AI's top goal, avoiding extreme pain was.

-- 
Stathis Papaioannou


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