timtyler comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 01 November 2010 09:08:15PM *  2 points [-]

That definition doesn't explicity mention goals. Many of the definitions do explicity mention goals. What the definitions usually don't mention is what those goals are - and that permits super-villains, along the lines of General Zod.

If (as it appears) you want to argue that evolution is likely to produce super-saints - rather than super-villains - then that's a bit of a different topic. If you wanted to argue that, "requirement" was probably the wrong way of putting it.