This is a linkpost for http://curi.us/2065-open-letter-to-machine-intelligence-research-institute
You don't think that figuring out which ideas are "best available" is the hard part? Everyone and his dog claims his idea is the best.
well, using philosophy i did that hard part and figured out which ones are good
LOL. Oh boy.
Really? So you just used t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶ philosophy and figured it out? That's great! Just a minor thing I'm confused about -- why are you here chatting on the 'net instead of sitting on your megayacht with a line of VCs in front of your door, willing to pay you gazillions of dollars for telling them which ideas are actually good? This looks to be VERY valuable knowledge, surely you should be able to exchange it for lots and lots of money in this capitalist economy?
When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer. “Give me the best piece of meat you have,” said the customer.
“Everything in my shop is the best,” replied the butcher. You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best.”
At these words Banzan became enlightened.
http://12stepsandzenkoans.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/everything-is-best-part-ii.html?m=1