lukeprog comments on The Urgent Meta-Ethics of Friendly Artificial Intelligence - Less Wrong

45 Post author: lukeprog 01 February 2011 02:15PM

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Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 07:44:32AM 3 points [-]

The desirism FAQ needs updating, and is not a very clear presentation of the theory, I think.

One problem is that much of the theory is really just a linguistic proposal. That's true for all moral theories, but it can be difficult to separate the linguistic from the factual claims. I think Alonzo Fyfe and I are doing a better job of that in our podcast. The latest episode is The Claims of Desirism, Part 1.

Comment author: endoself 14 February 2011 07:49:16AM 0 points [-]

I will listen to that.

Comment author: lukeprog 14 February 2011 07:51:34AM 2 points [-]

Unfortunately, we're not making moral claims yet. In meta-ethics, there is just too much groundwork to lay down first. Kinda like how Eliezer took like like 200 posts to build up to talking about meta-ethics.