polymathwannabe comments on AI-created pseudo-deontology - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 12 February 2015 09:11PM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 13 February 2015 01:00:43PM -1 points [-]

This sounded to me as being ruled by two Roman consuls, each of which can override the other's decisions. A part of me likes the idea.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 13 February 2015 02:28:02PM 3 points [-]

It's more like: one Roman consul writes the constitution that the other must follow.

Comment author: gjm 13 February 2015 01:45:43PM 3 points [-]

Can that part of you override the other part's decisions?

Comment author: Lumifer 13 February 2015 03:57:18PM 2 points [-]

his sounded to me as being ruled by two Roman consuls, each of which can override the other's decisions.

Hey, looks like the doctrine of the separation of powers to me. Not a new idea and one that actually has been tried in real life :-)