PhilGoetz comments on Superintelligence 23: Coherent extrapolated volition - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 11 March 2015 04:37:25PM 0 points [-]

When using the parent-child relationship as an instance of CEV, it is. The child takes the position of the AI.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 11 March 2015 05:28:28PM 1 point [-]

You've completely lost me. Do you mean, this AI is our child? Do you mean that the way we will have children in a more conventional sense will be an instance of CEV?

If the former, I don't see a moral problem. A singleton doesn't get to be a person, even if it contains multitudes (much as the USA does not to get to be a person, though I would hope a singleton would function better).

If the latter... words fail me, at least for the moment, and I will wait for your confirmation before trying again.