Blueberry comments on The Preference Utilitarian’s Time Inconsistency Problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blueberry 15 January 2010 06:38:56PM 2 points [-]

What's wrong with wireheading? Seriously. Heroin is harmful for numerous health and societal reasons, but if we solve those problems with wireheading, I don't see the problem with large portions of humanity choosing ultimate pleasure forever.

We could also make some workarounds: for instance, timed wireheading, where you wirehead for a year and then set your brain to disable wireheading for another year, or a more sophisticated Fun Theory based version of wireheading that allows for slightly more complex pleasures.

Comment author: ChristianKl 16 January 2010 04:26:19PM 2 points [-]

There a difference between people choosing wireheading and a clever AI making that choice for them.