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timtyler comments on LINK: Bostrom & Yudkowsky, "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" (2011) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: timtyler 27 February 2011 06:54:17PM *  0 points [-]

It may be a form of good‐story bias to ask, “Will AIs be good or evil?” as if trying to pick a premise for a movie plot. The reply should be, “Exactly which AI design are you talking about?”

A common reply to that might be: "the one(s) we are most likely to get".