nyan_sandwich comments on A Protocol for Optimizing Affection - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 May 2012 12:12:36AM 0 points [-]

eeeeeee that's scary.

Not done reading, but looks really good.

First impression: I would never let that happen to me in a society of humans. Am I being too conservative? If an FAI said it was a good idea, I'd do it.

I guess I found the one of the craziest things an AI could tell me.

Comment author: wedrifid 31 May 2012 09:10:23AM 2 points [-]

I must admit I'm surprised. Based on your recent talk about not worrying about status I would have expected this to appeal to you too, and certainly not be scary.

Comment author: [deleted] 31 May 2012 04:03:02PM 0 points [-]

The future scares the crap out of me. If I thought FAI was impossible, I'd probably be an anarcho-primitivist or something. Time to build a real line of retreat...

Humans cutting out a part of their existence in service of some ideal that is culturally desirable seems very stupid. A much better solution would be to make everyone beautiful.

The beauty and persuasiveness enhancing software seems scary as well. Maybe calli is the best solution to that, maybe not.

The faster we get FAI, the less we have to worry about stuff like this...

Comment author: cousin_it 31 May 2012 06:40:11AM *  2 points [-]

I'm curious, why do you find that scary?