peter_hurford comments on What should a friendly AI do, in this situation? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: peter_hurford 08 August 2014 04:18:32PM 4 points [-]

I'm personally against nearly all discussion of "what should a Friendly AI do?" because friendliness is a very poorly understood concept and any Friendly AI program would be way beyond our personal means to mentally simulate.

Comment author: Lumifer 08 August 2014 04:28:07PM 4 points [-]

I'm personally against nearly all discussion of "what should a Friendly AI do?" because friendliness is a very poorly understood concept

What would be a good way to advance in our understanding of that concept, then?

Comment author: peter_hurford 08 August 2014 09:55:27PM 1 point [-]

I don't know. Discuss decision theory? Or ethics? Or something else? ...I don't think "what would friendly AI do?" (WWFAD) is a particularly useful line of thought, but I can't think of something sufficiently analogous yet useful to replace it with.