From: Samantha Atkins (sjatkins@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2008 - 02:17:57 MDT
Vladimir Nesov wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Nick Tarleton <nickptar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Start by asking yourself what you currently would want to change about
>> your motivational system. Read moral philosophy, maybe.
>>
>> My point is that the goal system of an FAI is not arbitrary - it's
>> tightly constrained by our current values and the values implicit in
>> the changes we would make to ourselves, and can't be arbitrarily
>> tinkered with to resolve paradoxes without serious thought.
>>
>>
>
> "Thought" is cheap. You need a scientific process.
>
>
Real/important thought is rare. Pronouncements are not so rare. Please
explain the sort of scientific process you have in mind.
- s
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