Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Ethical Injunctions - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 October 2008 11:00PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 October 2008 12:24:22AM 7 points [-]

Michael, the AI I would currently like to create computes a metamoral question, looking for reflective equilibria of your current inconsistent and unknowledgeable self; something along the lines of "What would you ask me to do if you knew what I know and thought as fast as I do?"

What does the actual world look like? I can visualize a world that, to me at least, seems at least pleasant enough to refute most of the objections people have along the lines of "But you couldn't have that much fun and still lead a philosophically acceptable existence". But I'm not sure it's wise to write about it, because I'm afraid it would suck out people's souls. It's better for your mental health to look down at the Middle Ages than up at the future.