TheAncientGeek comments on Fake Utility Functions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 26 August 2014 05:34:39PM *  -1 points [-]

Fully understanding the semantics of morality may be simpler than fully understanding the semantics of everything, but it doesn't get you AI safety, because an AI can understand something without being motivated to act on it.

When I wrote "language", I meant words + understanding ....understanding in general, therefore including understanding of ethics..and when I wrote "morality" I meant a kind motivation.