TheOtherDave comments on The Blue-Minimizing Robot - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Decius 03 February 2013 12:40:43AM 0 points [-]

Why would a dumb 'minimize blue' robot search for blue things?

Current condition: I see no blue things.
Expected result of searching for blue things: There are more blue things.
Expected result of not searching for blue things: There are no blue things.

Where 'blue' is defined as 'eliciting a defined response from the camera'. Nothing outside the view of the camera is blue by that definition.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 03 February 2013 01:49:37AM 2 points [-]

...and a sufficiently non-dumb 'minimize blue' robot using that definition would disconnect its own camera.

Comment author: Decius 03 February 2013 10:34:24PM -1 points [-]

Right. If we want anthropomorphic behavior, we need to have multiple motivations.