In response to Ethics Notes
Comment author: ... 22 October 2008 12:03:23AM 0 points [-]

Daniel: Well, the idea is that if one deletes the other, then you know that both are flawed. One failed to keep the other from deleting itself, and the other is malicious.

In response to Ethics Notes
Comment author: ... 21 October 2008 10:52:34PM -1 points [-]

Why not let the prospective AI work out the problem of friendly AI? Develop it in parallel with itself, and let each modify the code of the other one. Let each worry about the other one getting 'out of the box' and taking over.