Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Sep 29 2000 - 01:47:27 MDT


Eugene Leitl writes,

> I don't know of any. The only thing which may work is not to build
> evolutionary-algorithms utilizing AIs until we have mature
> uploads. Putting brakes on the speed of the transition, hauling as
> many low-fitness folks as we can in the higher-fitness regime, before
> releasing the brakes, and speeding off. Hopefully, somebody of these
> folks will take care of the diverse endangered species (Amish & Co),
> orelse they're just going to go extinct.

Please be patient with me. What do you mean by mature uploads?
(And what's wrong with letting the Amish go extinct?)

> Relinquishment doesn't work, at least not sustainably, but speeding up
> some things while inhibiting another might save our ass in the
> end. (The emphasis is on *might*). As always, I welcome less brittle
> solutions.

So we should speed the occurrence of mature uploads.
(I need to know what a mature upload is first.)

--J. R.



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