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Here's a potentially-useful cue: How does your mind handle the question "what do you want"?
Anyone reading along might want to answer this question for themselves before continuing, of course.
"ERROR; further context required Guess at context/translation: 'What utility function does the brain controlling the account User:Armok_GoB implement?' RETURNS: Unknown, currently working under the heuristic to act like it's indistinguishable from the CEV of humanity. "
Yes, exactly. Mine returns a similar 'insufficient data' error, though my default translation is slightly different.
To clarify this a bit, the interesting bits are that Armok:
Found the question confusing
Noticed the confusion and stopped rather than generating a plausible-sounding answer (though the framing of the question makes this much less remarkable than it would otherwise be)
Rephrased the question in a way that avoids the usual ways of thinking about both 'me' and 'wanting'
It's also somewhat interesting that his response to the question refers primarily to other peoples' desires, though that's very plausibly (sub-)cultural.
Thanks! :)