Eliezer S. Yudkowsky:
> I suggest that the section:
>
> ==
> In the first case, we could make sure that the values of tolerance and
> respect for human well-being are incorporated as core elements of the
> programming, making part of an inviolable moral code.
> ==
>
> Be amended to read:
>
> ==
> In the first case, we could make sure that the values of tolerance and
> respect for human well-being are incorporated as core elements of the
> programming, making part of an inviolable moral code. (However, some
> think this would be a hideous mistake from a <a
> href="http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/AI_design.temp.html#PrimeDirective>programming</a>
> perspective; some also question the morality of such an action.)
That looks like the kind of comment for which CritLink would be ideal.
> This faction is composed at least of Billy Brown in addition to myself.
> I'm not sure, but I think this might also be Hans Moravec's position.
> I further suggest that the section: "Won't it be boring to live forever
> in the perfect world?" be amended to contain the following statements
> from "Great Mambo Chicken", p. 97:
>
> "Ordinary life is sometimes boring. So what?"
> "Eternal life will be as boring or as exciting as you make it."
> "Is being dead more exciting?"
> "If eternal life becomes boring, you will have the option of ending it
> at any time."
Good suggestion. I will incorporate that.
Nick Bostrom
http://www.hedweb.com/nickb n.bostrom@lse.ac.uk
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics