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

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Comment author: beriukay 01 May 2011 10:27:08AM 1 point [-]

Oh, you wanted to know my utility function? It goes something like this:

I noticed there was no explicit reference to truth (as in accurate mappings of the territory, not as in truth with a capital T). Am I to assume that goes along with protecting life, stopping extinction, and possibly as a subset of other people's pursuits of happiness?

Comment author: Giles 01 May 2011 03:18:59PM 1 point [-]

Yes - I probably value keeping people well-informed, in addition to what I mentioned. If nothing else, this would stop me from assigning a very high utility to "everyone gets wireheaded".

Keeping myself well-informed is more of a sub-goal than an end value. I can't improve the territory unless my map is accurate.