SteveG comments on Superintelligence 8: Cognitive superpowers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SteveG 05 November 2014 02:45:39AM 1 point [-]

There is no guarantee, therefore we have a lot of work to do!

Here is another candidate for an ethical precept, from the profession of medicine:

"First do no harm."

The doctor is instructed to begin with this heuristic, to which there are many, many exceptions.