On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:23 PM, J Storrs Hall, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh? I used those phrases to describe two completely different things: a > program that CAN change its highest priorities (due to what I called a bug), > and one that CAN'T. How does it follow that I'm missing a distinction? > > I would claim that they have a similarity, however: neither one represents a > principled, trustable solution that allows for true moral development and > growth. >
So, to make some synthesis in this failure-of-communication discussion: you assume that there is a dichotomy between top-level goals being fixed and rigid (not smart/adaptive enough) and top-level goals inevitably falling into a nirvana attractor, if allowed to be modified. Is that a fair summary? -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
