On 10/26/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 10/26/07, Stefan Pernar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > My one sentence summary of CEV is: "What would a better me/humanity
> > want?"
> > > Is that in line with your understanding?
>
>
> No...
>
> I'm not sure I fully grok Eliezer's intentions/ideas, but I will summarize
> here the
> current idea I have of CEV.. which is quite different than yours, and not
> as
> oversimplified.
>
> My understanding is that it's more like this (taking some liberties)
>
> X0 = me
> Y0 = what X0 thinks is good for the world
> X1 = what X0 wants to be
> Y1 = what X1 would think is good for the world
> X2 = what X1 would want to be
> Y2 = what X2 would think is good for the world.
> ...
>
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Hmm - I may be treading on thin ice here but wouldn't X0 have to be good to
begin with for X2 to be good? I still believe that the output CEV is aiming
to deliver is required as initial input in order to succeed.

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