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diegocaleiro comments on Amending the "General Pupose Intelligence: Arguing the Orthogonality Thesis" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: diegocaleiro 26 March 2013 02:04:26PM 0 points [-]

Agreed. That tricky issue I suspect might have enormous consequences if reason ends up being highjacked by in-group out-group biases, and the surviving memes end up being those that make us more instrumental, for fear of someone else doing the same.

Comment author: timtyler 26 March 2013 10:58:23PM *  -1 points [-]

I expect that the force that will eventually promote natural values most strongly will be the prospect of encountering unknown aliens. As you say, the stakes are high. If we choose incorrectly, much of our distinctiveness could be permanently obliterated.