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21 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 December 2008 10:18PM

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Comment author: xxd 27 January 2012 06:20:56PM 1 point [-]

Could reach the same point.

Said Eliezer agent is programmed genetically to value his own genes and those of humanity.

An artificial Elizer could reach the conclusion that humanity is worth keeping but is by no means obliged to come to that conclusion. On the contrary, genetics determines that at least some of us humans value the continued existence of humanity.