On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 12:41:16PM -0400, Jiri Jelinek wrote: > On Nov 2, 2007 2:14 AM, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >if you could have anything you wanted, is this the end you > would wish for yourself, more than anything else? > > Yes. But don't forget I would also have AGI continuously looking into > how to improve my (/our) way of perceiving the pleasure-like stuff.
This is a bizarre line of reasoning. One way that my AGI might improve my perception of pleasure is to make me dumber -- electroshock me -- so that I find gilligan's island reruns incredibly pleasurable. Or, I dunno, find that heroin addiction is a great way to live. Or help me with fugue states: "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" feed me zen koans till my head explodes. But it might also decide that I should be smarter, so that I have a more acute sense and discernement of pleasure. Make me smarter about roses, so that I can enjoy my rose garden in a more refined way. And after I'm smarter, perhaps I'll have a whole new idea of what "pleasure" is, and what it takes to make me happy. Personally, I'd opt for this last possibility. --linas ----- 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=60495742-7c46a3
