LucasSloan comments on Welcome to Heaven - Less Wrong

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Comment author: LucasSloan 26 January 2010 01:30:48AM 3 points [-]

If any possible goal is considered to have the same value (by what standard?), then the "FAI" is not friendly. If preferences don't matter, then why does them not mattering matter? Why change one's utility function at all, if anything is as good as anything else?

Comment author: byrnema 26 January 2010 02:21:56AM *  2 points [-]

Well I understand I owe money to the Singularity Institute now for speculating on what the output of the CEV would be. (Dire Warnings #3)

Comment author: timtyler 26 January 2010 10:22:37AM *  2 points [-]

That page said:

"None may argue on the SL4 mailing list about the output of CEV".

A different place, with different rules.