My position on metaethics in a nutshell: Them: Ah, but what do you mean by "Friendly"? Me: Pal, I'm not going to let you get turned into paperclips because you couldn't figure out how to make words mean things.
Since we are talking about a scenario that involves new types of minds, you are not getting away with your common sense cutesies.
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Why isn't mind-newness orthogonal? What's your rationalization for not being eaten by flora/fauna now? Why not dismiss what you are saying as placing special standards on Yudkowsky's anti-foom effort, which I know that you don't even hold yourself to?
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The frame of reference in which I discuss my current wiring does not seem to be suitable to discuss minds with all kinds of possible wirings. If minds (including my own) can change their reward functions at will, the question of my current identity becomes moot.
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