[extropy-chat] MP3000s

[Mark Walker]

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From: "Gary Miller" :

> An AI will want whatever we substitute for our primary evolutionary goals
> Survival, Shelter, Sex, Power in the Tribe, as it's primary evolutionary
> motivations.
>
> I would say Altruism towards humans, Quest for Knowledge, Ability to
> Increase it's Intelligence and Design would be a good place to start.
>

Well, some my debate whether there is any evolutionary goal other than 
increasing the number of one's descendents in time and space, so your 
primary goals might be seen as intermediary goals. But that aside, the 
golden rule of robotics says "Do unto human-level intelligent robots as you 
would do onto humans."   http://www.permanentend.org/Walker/mp3000.html Do 
you think that your proposed primary goals would be good to implant in a 
redesigned human supposing we could do such reengineering? (I'm not sure if 
you are proposing "ability to increase its intelligence" as a goal). If you 
answer no then your proposal violates the golden rule.


Cheers,

Mark

Dr. Mark Walker
Department of Philosophy
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McMaster University
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