Yes, I know; they're convergent. I'm questioning what aberglas is arguing against with his Darwinist supergoal. It doesn't make sense to say that such a supergoal is mutually exclusive with the independence of utility and optimization power. It makes more sense to say that the supergoal is an alternative to Omohundro's instrumental drives.
I don't see how what aberglas wrote makes coherent sense.
Well, alternative if you like. I will post an elaboration as a full article.
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