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Comment author: Vaniver 30 October 2014 02:49:51PM 9 points [-]

It is extremely important to find out how to have a successful community without sociopaths.

It seems to me there may be more value in finding out how to have a successful community with sociopaths. So long as the incentives are set up so that they behave properly, who cares what their internal experience is?

(The analogy to Friendly AI is worth considering, though.)

Comment author: Azathoth123 02 November 2014 04:16:08AM 1 point [-]

(The analogy to Friendly AI is worth considering, though.)

Ok, so start by examining the suspected sociopath's source code. Wait, we have a problem.