--- BillK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/1/07, Tom McCabe wrote: > > > > These rules exist only in your head. They aren't > > written down anywhere, and they will not be > > transferred via osmosis into the AGI. > > > > They *are* written down. > I just quoted from the FIDE laws of chess. > And they would be given to the AGI along with the > rest of the rulebook.
I just explained to you why the rules would be meaningless. > > > > > Shooting the player will not bring the game of > chess > > into disrepute; people will just blame the psycho > AGI > > instead of chess. > > > > This is not up to you to decide. > FIDE have an ethics committee which rule on such > matters. (laughs) So what? You're going to bring in a committee to pass judgment on the AGI after it's already destroyed the Earth? This reminds me of the story that several families of the 9/11 victims sued bin Laden & Co. for pain and suffering. > And much lesser infringements than shooting an > opponent have been > ruled to come under this heading. The AGI doesn't care what any human, human committee, or human government thinks; it simply follows its own internal rules. > > > > So what? The AGI doesn't care what humans think; > it > > wins the game according to its internal rules, and > it > > thinks that is desirable. > > > > As above, the complete rule book, including > standards of behaviour, > would have to be given to the AGI. As above, these standards say nothing whatsoever about shooting people. > > > BillK > > ----- > 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/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL ----- 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=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
