Stefan, > closing your eyes to reality. This is bad because you > effectively deny yourself the potential for further increasing your fitness
I'm closing my eyes, but my AGI - which is an extension of my intelligence (/me) - does not. I fact it opens them more than I could. We and our AGI should be viewed as a whole in this respect. Regards, Jiri Jelinek On Nov 2, 2007 1:37 AM, Stefan Pernar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 2, 2007 1:19 PM, Jiri Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is this really what you *want*? > > > Out of all the infinite possibilities, this is the world in which you > > > would most want to live? > > > > Yes, great feelings only (for as many people as possible) and the > > "engine" being continuously improved by AGI which would also take care > > of all related tasks including safety issues etc. The quality of our > > life is in feelings. Or do we know anything better? We do what we do > > for feelings and we alter them very indirectly. We can optimize and > > get the greatest stuff allowed by the "current" design by direct > > altering/stimulations (changes would be required so we can take it > > non-stop). Whatever you enjoy, it's not really the thing you are > > doing. It's the triggered feeling which can be obtained and > > intensified more directly. We don't know exactly how those great > > feelings (/qualia) work, but there is a number of chemicals and brain > > regions known to play key roles. > > Your feelings form a guide that has evolved in the course of natural > selection to reward you for doing things that increase your fitness and > punish you for things that decrease your fitness. If you abuse this > mechanism by merely pretending that you are increasing your fitness in the > form of releasing appropriate chemicals in your brain then you are hurting > yourself by closing your eyes to reality. This is bad because you > effectively deny yourself the potential for further increasing your fitness > and thereby will eventually be replaced by an agent that does concern itself > with increasing its fitness. > > In short: your bliss wont last long. > > -- > Stefan Pernar > 3-E-101 Silver Maple Garden > #6 Cai Hong Road, Da Shan Zi > Chao Yang District > 100015 Beijing > P.R. CHINA > Mobil: +86 1391 009 1931 > Skype: Stefan.Pernar ________________________________ > > 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/?&; ----- 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=60226663-83d320
