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Comment author:JoshuaZ
25 March 2011 02:34:41PM
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While this is well done and amusing it vastly overestimates how similar an intelligence might be. Unless it has a coherent goal function there's no reason for it to decide to eliminate the maker or to even decide that trying to unplug it constitutes "hostile action". But yes, this is funny.
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Hee hee. :) (Minor request though: perhaps don't hide links behind a url shortener. Thanks)
While this is well done and amusing it vastly overestimates how similar an intelligence might be. Unless it has a coherent goal function there's no reason for it to decide to eliminate the maker or to even decide that trying to unplug it constitutes "hostile action". But yes, this is funny.
Another one.