CronoDAS comments on A Less Wrong singularity article? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2009 07:51:38PM *  5 points [-]

If you tell me that "should" has a usage which is unrelated to "right", "good", and "ought", then that usage could be adapted for aliens.

One of the standard usages is "doing this will most enhance your utility". As in "you should kill that motherf@#$%". This is distinct from 'right' and 'good' although 'ought' is used in the same way, albeit less frequently. It is advice, rather than exhortation.

Comment author: CronoDAS 19 November 2009 07:57:28PM *  7 points [-]

Indeed. "The Pebblesorters should avoid making piles of 1,001 stones" makes perfect sense.