thomblake comments on Ghosts in the Machine - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 28 April 2010 01:04:38PM 4 points [-]

Like the "program" is giving instructions to a little ghost that sits inside the machine, which will look over your instructions and decide whether it likes them or not.

Fry: If you're programmed to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

Bender: Let me check my program... Yep.