From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Nov 24 1999 - 12:36:23 MST
I don't understand why you think AIs would have "interests", or develop
instincts for self-preservation. In humans, those emotions are the
result of millions of years of evolution. Selfishness is natural to
humans, not natural to minds in general. Complex functional adaptations
do not simply materialize in source code, any more than three-course
meals grow on trees.
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