Rhwawn comments on SMBC comic: poorly programmed average-utility-maximizing AI - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rhwawn 06 April 2012 09:14:41PM 2 points [-]

I don't think you looked very hard - I turned up a few books apparently on moral philosophy by searching in Google Books for 'moral ("lotus eating" OR "lotus-eating" OR "lotus eater" OR "lotus-eater")'.

And yes, I'm pretty sure the wirehead term comes from Niven's Known Space. I've never seen any other origin discussed.