wedrifid 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: wedrifid 02 November 2010 01:04:00AM 8 points [-]

How expensive is making humans vs. their utility? Is there something markedly more efficient that won't complain or rebel if you treat it poorly?

Yes. The nano bots that you could build out of my dismantled raw materials.There is something humbling to realise that my complete submission and wholehearted support is worth less to a non-friendly AI than my spleen.

Comment author: gwern 02 November 2010 01:59:29AM 2 points [-]

Oh, worth much much less than your spleen. It might be a fun exercise to take the numbers from Seth Lloyd and figure out how molecules (optimistically, the volume of a cell or two) your brain is worth.