On Oct 20, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Michael Anissimov wrote:
Samantha,
Considering the state of the world today I don't see how changes
sufficient to be really helpful can be anything but disruptive of the
status quo. Being non-disruptive per se is a non-goal.
Ah, that's what it seems like! But I think we'd be surprised at the
good a superintelligence could do without being overtly disruptive.
I want disruption and quickly as much being done today is frankly evil.
By definition and dreaming we can claim "a superintelligence" can do
all matter of utterly wonderful things. But it cannot make those
things which serves dead and destruction of human values otherwise
without disrupting them significantly and more than it can make 2 + 2
= 5.
By the way Samantha, I know you're quite skilled at deconstructing
many an argument, but do you have any positive suggestions for how a
Friendly AI might be implemented? Point me to the relevant part of
the archive, if you'd like.
I don't believe a guaranteed Friendly AI can be constructed. Please
point me to relevant parts of the archive where you have positive
suggestion for how to construct any > human intelligence at all.
> A Friendly AI could introduce
> technologies with feature sets that bring out the cooperative
aspect
> of humanity rather than our warlike aspect. This might be both
what a
> normatively altruistic AI and a collective volition AI would do.
We can make up whatever we want and claim that because we made it up
it is possible. But is this actually productive?
Bringing out the cooperative aspect of humanity rather than our
warlike aspect? That's hardly far-fetched. You must be incredibly
cynical if you think it's impossible, as it's already been done many
times in the past. The Internet would be one example.
I am sorry you seem to have utterly missed the point of my remarks.
The world heads straight to destruction and all of us toward true dead
while we daydream of the wonders a superintelligent being we do not
know how to build could do if it was totally out for what is our
greatest good and had almost limitless powers. Forgive me if I don't
take a hell of a lot of comfort in this endless prattle.
- samantha
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