It it really so insane to think that we could instill the same respect-for-the-authentic-but-less-than-perfect in a machine that we create?
We could. But should we? (And how is it even relevant to your original comment? This seems to be a separate argument for roughly the same conclusion. What about the original argument? Do you argree it's flawed (that is AI can in fact out-native the natives)?)
See also discussion of Waser's post, in particular second paragraph of my comment here:
If you consider a single top-level goal, then disclaimers about subgoals are unnecessary. Instead of saying "Don't overly optimize any given subgoal (at the expense of the other subgoals)", just say "Optimize the top-level goal". This is simpler and tells you what to do, as opposed to what not to do, with the latter suffering from all the problems of nonapples.
This seems to be a separate argument for roughly the same conclusion. What about the original argument? Do you agree it's flawed (that is AI can in fact do out-native the natives)?
I thought I had just made a pretty direct argument that there is one way in which an AI cannot out-native the natives - authenticity. Sorry if it was less than clear.
See also discussion of Waser's post, my comment here. Edit (second paragraph, not the first one).
I have no idea which second paragraph you refer to. May I suggest that you remove all reference to Waser and simply say what you wish to say about what I wrote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghIj1mYTef4