Ted Chiang is good writer, but bad analyst: "AIs that destroy humanity … incapable of doing something most every adult has done: taking a step back & asking whether their current course of action is really a good idea."https://www.buzzfeed.com/tedchiang/the-real-danger-to-civilization-isnt-ai-its-runaway?utm_term=.glaRWYmkrP&ref=mobile_share#.xdQYrdk2NG …
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Replying to @robinhanson
What if they did that, and their good idea was contrary to his but true nonetheless? Should make one focus on liberty and tolerance, how to deal with fact that individuals will always disagree about The Good.
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Replying to @egfalken @robinhanson
This is a straightforward failure to comprehend the technical idea of http://arbital.com/p/orthogonality by
@Ted_Chiang_kr, mixed with#TheLastDerail. What humans usually think of as moral arguments doesn't enter into it.3 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
An AI you can't empathize with is really just a new technology: it creates new production possibilities, makes some existing techniques inefficient or futile. If it shares your endgame or convinces you to amend your endgame, then it's quasi-human.
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I hope that's not meant to be an exhaustive list of possibilities, because I don't see a listing for strongly superhuman expected paperclip maximizers.
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