Agreed. I was very surprised that Mr. Yudkowsky went with the very ending I, myself, thought would be the “traditional” and irrational ending—where suffering and death are allowed to go on, and even caused, because… um… because humans are special, and pain is good because it’s part of our identity!
Yes, and the appendix is useful because it’s part of our body.
Perhaps the fact that it’s the “traditional and irrational” ending is the reason Eliezer went with it as the “real” one. (Note that he didn’t actually label them as “good” and “bad” endings.)
Agreed. I was very surprised that Mr. Yudkowsky went with the very ending I, myself, thought would be the “traditional” and irrational ending—where suffering and death are allowed to go on, and even caused, because… um… because humans are special, and pain is good because it’s part of our identity!
Yes, and the appendix is useful because it’s part of our body.
Perhaps the fact that it’s the “traditional and irrational” ending is the reason Eliezer went with it as the “real” one. (Note that he didn’t actually label them as “good” and “bad” endings.)