FiftyTwo comments on Constructing fictional eugenics (LW edition) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 31 October 2012 01:48:18AM 1 point [-]

I like the analogy and it does clarify things.

One salient difference is I know the state is comprised of other human beings running on similar software, whereas I don't know what the source code/basic values of an AI are. Analogously, should I trust an AI built of uploads more than a 'self grown' ones?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 November 2012 04:59:58PM 2 points [-]

One salient difference is I know the state is comprised of other human beings running on similar software, whereas I don't know what the source code/basic values of an AI are.

So? Remember, everything we thing of as "inhumane" was committed by actual humans.