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Luke_A_Somers comments on Superintelligence 23: Coherent extrapolated volition - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 17 February 2015 04:20:00PM 8 points [-]

Not necessarily. If A was a Nash equilibrium while B was a Pareto improvement from that but the second society couldn't coordinate to achieve it, then they could gaze wistfully into the past, say they had fallen, and be right to do so.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 20 February 2015 07:22:42PM 2 points [-]

Yes, necessarily, if A and B are sets of moral values, not the degree to which they are attained. You're interpreting A and B as, say, wealth or power distributions.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 21 February 2015 03:35:35AM 1 point [-]

Hmmm. Yes. But I don't know that you would actually be able to find examples of A and B in real life.