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John_Maxwell_IV comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

42 Post author: Costanza 29 December 2011 11:23PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 31 December 2011 06:54:06AM 1 point [-]

Is this question any different from the question of why there are altruists?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 31 December 2011 07:23:09AM 1 point [-]

Sure. For example, if I want other people's volition to be implemented, that is sufficient to justify altruism. (Not necessary, but sufficient.)

But that doesn't justify directing an AI to look at other people's volition to determine its target directly... as has been said elsewhere, I can simply direct an AI to look at my volition, and the extrapolation process will naturally (if CEV works at all) take other people's volition into account.