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I don't recall bringing up the issue of blame. All I'm saying is that I don't have time to write a separate version of each post to accomodate each person's language preferences, so I'm usually going to use the standard language used by the researchers in the field I'm discussing.
Words like 'motivation', 'value', 'desire', 'want' don't have normative connotations in my head when I'm discussing them in the context of descriptivist neuroscience. The connotations in your brain may vary. I'm trying to discuss merely descriptive issues; I intend to start using descriptive facts to solve normative problems later. For now, I want to focus on getting a correct descriptive understanding of the system that causes humans do what they do before applying that knowledge to normative questions about what humans should do or what a Friendly AI should do.
Does that make sense?
Yes, it clarifies your intended meaning for the words, and resolves my confusion (for the second time; better watch for the confusing influence of those connotations in the future).
(I'm still deeply skeptical that descriptive understanding can help with FAI, but this is mostly unrelated to this post and others, which are good LW material when not confused for discussion of normativity.)