--- Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > You're missing the point. Your questions are regarding interpretations > as to whether or not certain conditions are equivalent to my statements, not > challenges to my statements.
So do you claim that there are universal moral truths that can be applied unambiguously in every situation? If so, could you please state one? If you claim the rules you stated previously are not ambiguous, then could you answer my original questions? Or do you mean that there are universal moral truths, but it is not possible to state any of them unambiguously? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Mahoney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <agi@v2.listbox.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:12 PM > Subject: **SPAM** Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content > > > > --- Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > Do you really think you can show an example of a true moral universal? > >> > >> Thou shalt not destroy the universe. > >> Thou shalt not kill every living and/or sentient being including > >> yourself. > >> Thou shalt not kill every living and/or sentient except yourself. > > > > Suppose that the human race was destructively uploaded. Is this the same > > as > > killing the human race? What if the technology was not perfect and only X > > percent of your memories could be preserved? What value of X is the > > threshold > > for killing vs. saving the human race? > > > > Would setting the birth rate to zero be the same as killing every living > > thing? > > > > Would turning the Earth into computronium be the same as destroying it? > > What > > about global warming? What physical changes count as "destroying" it? > > > > Who makes these decisions, you or the more intelligent AGI? Suppose a > > godlike > > AGI decides that the universe is a simulation. Therefore there is no need > > > to > > preserve your memory by uploading because the simulation can always be run > > again to recover your memories. Do you go along? > > > > > > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=49182579-be0803
