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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Interview with Singularity Institute Research Fellow Luke Muehlhauser - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 September 2011 02:00:00PM *  0 points [-]

Are there ‘categorical’ oughts that do not depend on an “If you want X” clause? Naturalists tend to deny this possibility, but perhaps categorical epistemic or moral oughts can be derived from the mathematics of game theory and decision theory, as naturalist Gary Drescher suggests in Good and Real. If so, it may be wise to make sure they are included in friendliness content theory, so that an AI can respect them.

The phrasing "it may be wise to make sure they are included in friendliness content theory" makes it sound wrong to my ear, as if you are brewing some kind of informal eclectic theoretical soup.

Comment author: shokwave 15 September 2011 02:06:14PM 1 point [-]

It struck me as sort of a sly understatement, which went over well compared to the more familiar "I am politely and quietly screaming that this is important" tone.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 September 2011 03:31:33PM 0 points [-]

I'm not confident that is the case, or at least that this meaning is reliably communicated.

Comment author: shokwave 16 September 2011 12:15:57AM 1 point [-]

I concur.