Zack_M_Davis comments on Rationality Quotes: April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 06 April 2011 04:37:23AM 6 points [-]

A python script that indefinitely calculates pi would think it immoral

Doubtful.

 n=0
sumterms=0
while True:
term=(-1)**n/(2*n+1) # Gregory-Leibniz series
sumterms+=term
pi=4*sumterms
print(pi)
n+=1

Comment author: Nominull 06 April 2011 04:45:10AM 3 points [-]

Well, you have to give it the capacity to develop morality if you want it to serve as a true counterexample.