wedrifid comments on A Brief Overview of Machine Ethics

wedrifid 6 Mar 2011 3:52 UTC
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Would Dr Evil have been silly enough to give the game away—like this:

He would if he was modelling your brain, evidently.
- timtyler 6 Mar 2011 10:54 UTC
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  So: you are saying you think I am Dr Evil? Great. Who are you, then? Some other masked vigilante, no doubt :-(
  - wedrifid 6 Mar 2011 11:38 UTC
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    So: you are saying you think I am Dr Evil?
    
    No, that if you consider him being silly enough to say X to be evidence of innocence and he is trying to persuade you then he’ll say X.
    
    Who are you, then? Some other masked vigilante, no doubt :-(
    
    I’m cool with that. :)
    - timtyler 6 Mar 2011 12:03 UTC
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      So: you are saying you think I am Dr Evil?
      
      No, that if you consider him being silly enough to say X to be evidence of innocence and he is trying to persuade you then he’ll say X.
      
      Ah—now I see! Oops! I don’t tend to go in for super-evil stereotypes in the first place. So, I can’t say I have much interest in evidence on this topic—but yes, this would be anecdotal evidence, at best.
      - wedrifid 6 Mar 2011 12:21 UTC
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        Ah—now I see! Oops! I don’t tend to go in for super-evil stereotypes in the first place. So, I can’t say I have much interest in evidence on this topic—but yes, this would be anecdotal evidence, at best.
        
        :P We were talking about evidence? I thought were were talking about absurd counterfactuals and hypothetical cape wearing sociopaths.
        timtyler 6 Mar 2011 13:32 UTC
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        You brought up “evidence” first—but yes, you can talk about “evidence” in hypothetical scenarios, that is not a problematical concept.