From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 22 1999 - 11:37:00 MST
"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> We can only move forward from this *if* we acknowledge it and become
> creative about how to evolve above it. In an SI there is going
> to be a huge payoff for "raping" someone elses computronium to
> impregnate it with copies of yourself. Yet, morally, that seems wrong.
>
> The only solution that I can see is some kind of evolved value
> (i.e. created self-perceived rewards) for either *no* reproduction
> or *consenting* reproduction with an agreement to sacrifice or
> invest resources. Dealing with the "joy of rape" is going to be
> with us for a very long time.
Absurd. Selfishness is no more inherent to minds-in-general than the
joy of consenting reproduction. If we don't build in the motivation to
rape, we don't need to build in countermotivation.
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