[ExI] Morality research
Ben Zaiboc
bbenzai at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 14 11:46:56 UTC 2011
Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> Ben Zaiboc wrote:
> > I strongly recommend 'The Moral Landscape' by Sam Harris. Fascinating > > and thought-provoking stuff. I'm still reading it, and haven't made
> > my mind up yet about his argument, but it's definitely worth reading. > > I think it's particularly relevant to the question of 'friendly AI'.
> >
>
> It is worth noting that most professional ethicists dismiss it. Not just
> because of a "not invented here" or job security reasons, but because
> they find a lot of faults with his approach.
Really? They actually dismiss it, rather than argue with it?
Well, it would be interesting to see some counter-arguments explained in similarly accessible language. If he is reinventing the wheel, at least he's doing it in a way that is understandable to the average person. It seems (so far, I haven't finished it yet) to be a potentially useful wheel, and if there are fatal flaws with it, someone should be explaining them in easy-to-understand terms. Perhaps someone is? I'll have to go looking once I've finished the book.
Ben Zaiboc
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