Re: [sl4] Re: Personal identity (was Re: A teleporter)

From: Matt Mahoney (matmahoney@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 09 2009 - 18:53:23 MST

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--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Filipe Sobreira <warlordbcm1@yahoo.com.br> wrote:

> Why should we think about minds any differently from the way we
> think about cells, if they are both just patterns of information?

Because our minds have evolved to fear the things that can kill us. An AI would probably view the problem more objectively.

-- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com

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