Nick_Tarleton comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 16 February 2010 06:58:56PM 4 points [-]

I have no idea if this is a serious question, but....

Just a general comment about this site: it seems to be biased in favor of human values at the expense of values held by other sentient beings. It's all about "how can we make sure an FAI shares our [i.e. human] values?" How do you know human values are better?

"Better"? See Invisible Frameworks.

Or from the other direction: if you say, "because I'm human", then why don't you talk about doing things to favor e.g. "white people's values"?

We don't say that. See No License To Be Human.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 16 February 2010 07:04:20PM 1 point [-]

I have no idea if this is a serious question, but....

Take a look at who's posting it. The writer may well consider it a serious question, but I don't think that has much to do with the character's reason for asking it.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 16 February 2010 07:51:05PM 2 points [-]

Take a look at who's posting it.

Er, yes, that's exactly why I wasn't sure.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 16 February 2010 11:16:14PM 0 points [-]

I'm confused, then; are you trying to argue with the author or the character?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 17 February 2010 01:16:50AM 2 points [-]

If the character isn't deliberately made confused (as opposed to paperclip-preferring, for example), resolving character's confusion presumably helps the author as well, and of course the like-confused onlookers.

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