Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-23 Thread PGC
On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 3:30:43 PM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Sep 2016, at 17:09, PGC wrote: > > > > On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 6:59:19 PM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> >> I think that the genuine value are universal, we share them with alien >> and "sup

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Sep 2016, at 17:09, PGC wrote: On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 6:59:19 PM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: I think that the genuine value are universal, we share them with alien and "super-intelligence" normally. I like your expression "super-intelligent slave", it shows immediately

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-20 Thread PGC
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 6:59:19 PM UTC+2, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > I think that the genuine value are universal, we share them with alien > and "super-intelligence" normally. > > I like your expression "super-intelligent slave", it shows immediately > the contradiction (and

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: ​>>​ >> personal survival would certainly be a goal for any > > brain >> ​ >> even if it isn't guaranteed the permanent #1 position. > > ​>​ What about suicide? ​ What about it?​ John K Clark > > > > -- You received this messag

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Sep 2016, at 23:32, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​it is not so clear to me that it has no intelligence. It​ ​leads to better and better designs, ​If Evolution has intelligence it sure doesn't have much, despite the resources of the entire planet

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Sep 2016, at 15:57, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: I think what he meant is 'Je marie ma nièce', I'm going to my niece wedding... I think Brent knows :) I think Quentin knows :) Bruno Le 17 sept. 2016 9:59 PM, "Brent Meeker" a

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
the democracy is sick, and that the separations of powers leak, all prize and non-prize get "political" to some degree. Bruno Much thanks. -Original Message- From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Sep 17, 2016 4:11 am Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintell

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Sep 2016, at 00:10, Quentin Anciaux wrote: I think what he meant is 'Je marie ma nièce', I'm going to my niece wedding... I think you know that Brent figured out that. Of course I was "only" going to my niece wedding. And I guess marrying a niece (or nephew) is illegal. But the eut

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > I think what he meant is 'Je marie ma nièce', I'm going to my niece > wedding... I think Brent knows :) > > > Le 17 sept. 2016 9:59 PM, "Brent Meeker" a écrit : >> >> >> >> On 9/17/2016 12:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> I will loo

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-18 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:32 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> >> > >> it is not so clear to me that it has no intelligence. It >> leads to better and better designs, > > > If Evolution has intelligence it sure doesn't have much, despite the > resources of t

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread Quentin Anciaux
I think what he meant is 'Je marie ma nièce', I'm going to my niece wedding... Le 17 sept. 2016 9:59 PM, "Brent Meeker" a écrit : > > > On 9/17/2016 12:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> I will look at it next week, as I am marry my niece today, and it is a >> busy week-end and beginning of week.

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: > ​> ​ > it is not so clear to me that it has no intelligence. It > ​ ​ > leads to better and better designs, ​If Evolution has intelligence it sure doesn't have much, despite the resources of the entire planet at its disposal Evolution was incredibly

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread Brent Meeker
On 9/17/2016 12:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I will look at it next week, as I am marry my niece today, and it is a busy week-end and beginning of week. Is that legal in Belgium? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
ing-list Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2016 9:41 am Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:52 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > Yes. Meditation to me feels like an attempt to gain control over > biology. Or perhaps just

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
ubject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:52 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > Yes. Meditation to me feels like an attempt to gain control over > biology. Or perhaps just to make biology shut up for a second. > >

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Sep 2016, at 16:03, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 15 Sep 2016, at 09:52, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM,

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
lt;>t -> ~[]<>t). Bruno -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: everything-list Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2016 3:52 am Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Sep 2016

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
so I am aware that I post on the email group, amongst intellectual greats. -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: everything-list Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2016 9:41 am Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:52 PM, spudboy10

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 15 Sep 2016, at 09:52, Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote: > >>

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
onary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:20 AM, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> > >> In my "designed superintelligence" scenario, the entity is confronted >> >> w >> ith

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread Telmo Menezes
: Thu, Sep 15, 2016 3:52 am > Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote:

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-16 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:20 AM, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> > >> In my "designed superintelligence" scenario, the entity is confronted >> >> w >> ith a protection mechanism that was conceived by a lesser >> intelligence. > > > Yes, the most recent iterati

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Sep 2016, at 09:52, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: We know that humans are capable of choo

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-15 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
, and using the cerebrum to do this. . -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: everything-list Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2016 3:52 am Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2016, at 1

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-15 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: >>> > We know that humans are capable of choosing self-destruction. It is >

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-13 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​ > In my "designed superintelligence" scenario, the entity is confronted > ​ > ​ w​ > ith a protection mechanism that was conceived by a lesser > intelligence. ​Yes, the most recent iteration of the Jupiter Brain was designed by something that was

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Sep 2016, at 11:47, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: We know that humans are capable of choosing self-destruction. It is also obvious that most don't I would argue that given the proper circumstan

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-13 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:00 AM, John Clark wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> > >> We know that humans are capable of choosing self-destruction. It is >> also obvious that most don't > > > I would argue that given the proper circumstances anybody would choose self > destruc

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-13 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 9/12/2016 3:00 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Brent Meeker >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 9/12/2016 8:50 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > >>>

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​ > We know that humans are capable of choosing self-destruction. It is > also obvious that most don't ​I would argue that given the proper circumstances anybody would choose self destruction.​ ​I just saw a documentary about 911, it showed people

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Brent Meeker
On 9/12/2016 3:00 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: On 9/12/2016 8:50 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: On 9/11/2016 4:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Me

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​ > I also agree with the JKC that the superintelligence cannot model > ​ ​ > itself and predict its actions in the long term. On the other hand, > ​ ​ > I'm sure it can predict the outcome of it's next action. ​If the machine can predict its next a

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 9/12/2016 8:50 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Brent Meeker >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 9/11/2016 4:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker >

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Brent Meeker
On 9/12/2016 8:50 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: On 9/11/2016 4:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: Good paper. Thanks! Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I thi

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > >> ​> ​ >> The paper clip scenario could only happen in a intelligence that had a >> top >> ​ ​ >> goal that was fixed and inflexible. Humans have no such goal, not even the >> ​ ​ >> goal of self preservation, and there is a reason Evol

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 9/11/2016 4:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> Hi Brent, >> >> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker >> wrote: >>> >>> Good paper. >> >> Thanks! >> >>> Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I >>> think your u

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Telmo Menezes
ng-list > Sent: Sun, Sep 11, 2016 7:07 am > Subject: Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually > > Hi Brent, > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: >> Good paper. > > Thanks! > >> Many of the thoughts I've had abou

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-12 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 5:15 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Telmo Menezes > wrote: > >> > >> That is one type of worry. The other (e.g.: the "paper clip" scenario) > > > The paper clip scenario could only happen in a intelligence that had a top > goal that was fixed and

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread Brent Meeker
On 9/11/2016 4:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: Good paper. Thanks! Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I think your use of persistence is misleading. There are different ways to persist. Bacteria persist, m

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Sep 2016, at 19:14, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> published this working paper on arxiv, same title as this email:​ ​http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02009 ​ ​​Criticisms most welcome!​ ​This may have some bearing on what you're saying, ​mor

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
olutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​ That is one type of worry. The other (e.g.: the "paper clip" scenario) ​The paper clip scenario could only happen in a intelligence that had a top goal that was fixed and inf

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > Good paper. Thanks! > Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I > think your use of persistence is misleading. There are different ways to >

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> ​ > That is one type of worry. The other (e.g.: the "paper clip" scenario) ​The paper clip scenario could only happen in a intelligence that had a top goal that was fixed and inflexible. Humans have no such goal, not even the goal of self

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi Brent, On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > Good paper. Thanks! > Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I > think your use of persistence is misleading. There are different ways to > persist. Bacteria persist, mountains persist - but very differently.

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-11 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi John, Thanks, it does have bearing on what I'm saying. Both your letter and Juergen's paper made me think about issues of self-referentiality that I might have sweeped under the rug too much. My argument is quite blunt, but this is also why I think it's powerful. Of course, it does not help us

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-10 Thread Brent Meeker
Good paper. Many of the thoughts I've had about the subject too. But I think your use of persistence is misleading. There are different ways to persist. Bacteria persist, mountains persist - but very differently. The AI that people worry about is one that modifies it's utility function to

Re: Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-10 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: ​> > published this working paper on arxiv, same title as this email: > ​ ​ > http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02009 > ​ ​ > ​ > Criticisms most welcome!​ *​This may have some bearing on what you're saying, ​more than twenty years ago on May 13

Non-Evolutionary Superintelligences Do Nothing, Eventually

2016-09-10 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi everyone, I published this working paper on arxiv, same title as this email: http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02009 Criticisms most welcome! Best, Telmo. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r