Bill Hibbard wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Philip Sutton wrote:
Ben/Bill,
My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
Absolutely goals
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Philip Sutton wrote:
> Ben/Bill,
>
> My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
> would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
> contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
> . . .
Absolutely goals (I pr
Ben,
> Right from the start, even before there is an intelligent autonomous mind
> there, there will be goals that are of the basic structural character of
> ethical goals. I.e. goals that involve the structure of "compassion", of
> adjusting the system's actions to account for the well-being of
> Ben/Bill,
>
> My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts.
One needs to be careful in using words to describe mathematical/software
concepts.
The English word "goal" has a lot of meanings, and is not identical to the
behavior of "goal nodes" or "goal maps" in Novamente.
Go
Ben/Bill,
My feeling is that goals and ethics are not identical concepts. And I
would think that goals would only make an intentional ethical
contribution if they related to the empathetic consideration of others.
So whether ethics are built in from the start in the Novamente
architecture dep
