From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 00:03:08 MDT
Eliezer wrote:
> > > Send them the most impressive computer program humanity has been able
to
> > > write so far. Programming is the purest expression of intelligence.
> >
> > Well, I'd say that mathematics is probably a purer expression of
> > intelligence.
>
> Hehheh... I *knew* somebody was going to bring that up. Personally, I
> disagree. The space of programs is wider and freer than the space of
> mathematics; it is more purely creative. You can't say whatever you like
> in a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, but you can code just about anything.
Ok, say you send code. Do you also need to send a spec for the (virtual)
machine?
Like say the url for Sun's website? :-)
>
> > > Send them a generally intelligent AI, if you have one; this
demonstrates
> > > self-awareness and self-understanding as well. Progress in the
cognitive
> > > sciences is the purest expression of technological enlightenment.
(But
> > > don't send a *seed* AI, because then they don't know how much of the
AI
> > > *you* wrote and how much the *AI* wrote.)
> >
> > Careful... sending a general purpose intelligence might be seen as a
direct
> > threat.
>
> So's any computer program.
So with the general purpose intelligence, do you add some kind of warning
label? Like "Handle with *extreme* care" ?
Emlyn
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