From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Mon May 20 2002 - 10:04:14 MDT
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>[snip]
>I think you don't *need* to teach kids to be self-serving. However, you
>can't teach kids to be altruistic by making them take out the garbage. The
>human mind just does not work that way, at least not in my experience. If
>you want to create altruism, give the kids opportunities for self-willed
>altruism, reward it when you see it, and don't be disappointed if you don't.
>
>-- -- -- -- --
>Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
>Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
>
>
This is exactly how we worked. The person who notices the garbage stinks
or is in their way, takes out the garbage in their own interests. We do
have the occassional joker say 'it's your turn to notice that the
garbage stinks'...
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