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Houshalter comments on Can we decrease the risk of worse-than-death outcomes following brain preservation? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Houshalter 23 February 2015 01:47:24AM *  2 points [-]

I think sociopaths are about 4% of the population, so your scenario isn't really that implausible. I just meant if all of societies' values change over time. Or just the FAI extracting out "true" utility function which includes all the negative stuff, like desire for revenge.