taryneast comments on Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taryneast 26 July 2011 09:32:54PM 0 points [-]

Hmm, not sure of that's it. According to my current set of "wouldn't it be awesome if" standards, I'd actually be much better off. I do get a feeling that I'd be less "real" though -> programmed to be a task-loving machine instead of a person with real, human desires.

However I certainly see the potential for "ick" scenarios where I would consider myself to be worse off (in a "poor sad person" kind of way) - eg programming myself to love housework - and ending up loving it so much that I turn myself into a slave/maid for other people who take advantage of it... poor example perhaps, but hopefully you get the drift.