[ExI] Unfrendly AI is a mistaken idea.

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 29/05/07, John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:

That's because the dictator's interests and his genes interest are not the
> same; however a dictator would do everything he can to increase his power
> because if he doesn't take advantage of every opportunity some dictator
> wannabe will.
>

Couldn't you say the same about his expansionary urges as his reproductive
urges? Men who tried to have as many children as possible would over the
years have come to dominate the gene pool, but that hasn't happened. How do
you decide which part of an entity to break off and say that its interests
are not those of the greater entity?


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Stathis Papaioannou
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