timtyler comments on A Brief Overview of Machine Ethics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 07 March 2011 12:50:04AM -2 points [-]

Er, characterising someone who disagrees with you on a technical point as "obnoxious" is not terribly great manners in itself! I never compared destroying the world by accident with terrorism - you appear to be projecting. However, I am not especially interested in the conversation being dragged into the gutter in this way.

If you did have a good argument favouring closed source software and reduced transparency I think there has been a reasonable chance to present it. However, if you can't even be civil, perhaps you should consider waiting until you can.

Comment author: jimrandomh 07 March 2011 01:09:23AM -1 points [-]

I gave an argument that open-sourcing AI would increase the risk of the world being destroyed by accident. You said

I note that Anders Sandberg recently included: "Otherwise the terrorists will win!" ...in his list of of signs that you might be looking at a weak moral argument.

I presented the mismatch between this statement and my argument as evidence that you had misunderstood what I was saying. In your reply,

I never compared destroying the world by accident with terrorism - you appear to be projecting.

You are misunderstanding me again. I think I've already said all that needs to be said, but I can't clear up confusion if you keep attacking straw men rather than asking questions.