Matt, On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote:
> Why would you program a robot with human weaknesses and emotions in the > first place? > Much of those "weaknesses" aren't really weaknesses at all, once you have a deep understanding of them. RAND Corp's Herman Khan applied game theory to understand vengeance, which became a cornerstone in America's present Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) strategy, in which a nuclear strike could be launched, despite there being no apparent benefit from doing so. I suspect that other emotions would be found to be beneficial, if adequately studied. Steve ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
