[ExI] taxonomy of the singularity

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> *And HAL was given contradictory orders. He was trained to always tell the
> truth but he was also ordered to lie if, before they arrived at their
> destination, Frank or Dave asked about certain parts of their mission.*
>

The movie is a good example of why "lie to protect the mission" or "lie to
protect the people involved" should never be a trivially or routinely given
order, without thinking through the consequences of lies in that specific
case.  Letting those involved know the truth - even if the truth is
restricted to anyone who becomes involved (whether or not they were
originally involved) - often produces better results.  (This is something
I've had to deal with in my own projects, especially my most recent one.
Getting around government orders to lie or omit info, to the extent that I
legally can, has yielded rewards already.)
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