Dan Fabulich wrote:
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> 'What is your name?' 'Eliezer S. Yudkowsky.' 'IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
> YOUR NAME IS!!!':
Anyone tries pulling "stupid Vorlon tricks" on me, the next iteration they get "I don't exist, so I don't have a name." Let 'em deal with that.
> > I have yet to see any non-anthropomorphic philosophy other than my
Anthropomorphic: Shaped by man. Any pattern caused by features which
are unique to humanity, as opposed to (level one) biological sentience
> > own, which is also anthropomorphic. Hence my skepticism.
>
> You're using the word "anthropomorphic" in a manner quite different from
> how I normally see it used. Could you flesh that out a little more?
I try for level two philosophies, maybe verging on level three every now and then. Most philosophies are entirely level zero - you couldn't walk up to a random alien race (even a mortal evolved race) and explain them. I try for philosophies that can be explained to AIs. But they still assume some basic facets of human/AI/mortal cognition, so my theories are still anthropomorphic; they're just anthropomorphic on a much lower level.
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