pjeby comments on Morality as Parfitian-filtered Decision Theory? - Less Wrong

24 Post author: SilasBarta 30 August 2010 09:37PM

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Comment author: timtyler 31 August 2010 11:02:01PM *  0 points [-]

Competing sub-goals are fine. Deep Blue wanted to promote its pawn as well as protect its king - and those aims conflict. Such conflicts don't stop utilities being assigned and moves from being made. You only have one body - and it is going to do something.

Comment author: pjeby 01 September 2010 03:10:04AM 0 points [-]

Then why did you even bring this up in the first place?

Comment author: SilasBarta 01 September 2010 03:12:54AM -2 points [-]

Probably for the same reason you threadjacked to talk about PCT ;-)