Broggly comments on [Altruist Support] How to determine your utility function - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Broggly 01 May 2011 07:47:43AM 1 point [-]

I would have a similar function, assuming that by "humanity" you mean beings with humane-ish values rather than just H. sapiens.

Comment author: Giles 01 May 2011 03:22:14PM 2 points [-]

Yes - my function as stated becomes completely incoherent when applied to transhuman societies. If and when that becomes an issue I'll have a lot of hard thinking to do.

Comment author: DanielVarga 02 May 2011 03:53:37AM *  0 points [-]

This is a brave thing to state, considering that transhumanism is such a big focus of this site. Transhumanists will be much less interested in your utility function if you don't even claim that it is future-proof. But personally, I sympathize, because I believe that this future-proofing is a very hard, maybe even impossible task. (See my comments at this thread.)