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MrMind comments on Utility functions and quantum mechanics - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Manfred 31 August 2012 03:41AM

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Comment author: MrMind 11 September 2012 09:55:17PM 0 points [-]

Manfred, what about quantum computers? They can be big enough to have a goal system, and will work only when their states are coherent... Will they generate a new kind of morality?

Comment author: Manfred 21 September 2012 07:13:36PM 0 points [-]

If you can care about a quantum computer, then the quantum computer will generate no new kind of morality by caring about itself.

Sure, it puts is in an unusual position - but the goal of this post was to show that this position isn't qualitatively different, jsut something we haven't had much reason to care about yet.