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

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 November 2012 09:17:58PM 2 points [-]

If I persuade a racist all humans are people, have I changed his utility function?

Can you taboo what you mean by a person's utility function?

Comment author: MugaSofer 10 November 2012 09:30:04PM -1 points [-]

How they decide the relative desirability of a given situation.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 November 2012 09:46:08PM 4 points [-]

Said procedure tends not to resemble a utility function.

Comment author: MugaSofer 10 November 2012 09:59:02PM -1 points [-]

Huh?

He gets disutility from people suffering. If Jews are people, then he shouldn't torture them to death - but he didn't suddenly decide to value Jews, just realised they are people.

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