likely values for all intelligent beings and optimization processes (power, resources)
Agree.
likely values for creatures with roughly human-level brain power (boredom, knowledge)
Disagree. Maybe we don’t mean the same thing by boredom?
likely values for all creatures under evolutionary competition (reproduction, survival, family/clan/tribe)
Mostly agree. Depends somewhat on definition of evolution. Some evolved organisms pursue only 1 or 2 of these but all pursue at least one.
likely values for creatures under evolutionary competition who cannot copy their minds (individual identity, fear of personal death)
Disagree. Genome equivalents which don’t generate terminally valued individual identity in the minds they descrive should outperform those that do.
likely values for creatures under evolutionary competition who cannot wirehead (pain, pleasure)
Disagree. Why not just direct expected utility? Pain and pleasure are easy to find but don’t work nearly as well.
likely values for creatures with sexual reproduction (beauty, status, sex)
Define sexual. Most sexual creatures are too simple to value the first two. Most plausible posthumans aren’t sexual in a traditional sense.
likely values for intelligent creatures with sexual reproduction (music, art, literature, humor)
Disagree.
likely values for intelligent creatures who cannot directly prove their beliefs (honesty, reputation, piety)
Agree assuming that they aren’t singletons. Even then for sub-components.
values caused by idiosyncratic environmental characteristics (salt, sugar)
values caused by random genetic/memetic drift and co-evolution (Mozart, Britney Spears, female breasts, devotion to specific religions)
Agree. Some caveats about Mozart.
likely values for all intelligent beings and optimization processes (power, resources)
Agree.
likely values for creatures with roughly human-level brain power (boredom, knowledge)
Disagree. Maybe we don’t mean the same thing by boredom?
likely values for all creatures under evolutionary competition (reproduction, survival, family/clan/tribe)
Mostly agree. Depends somewhat on definition of evolution. Some evolved organisms pursue only 1 or 2 of these but all pursue at least one.
likely values for creatures under evolutionary competition who cannot copy their minds (individual identity, fear of personal death)
Disagree. Genome equivalents which don’t generate terminally valued individual identity in the minds they descrive should outperform those that do.
likely values for creatures under evolutionary competition who cannot wirehead (pain, pleasure)
Disagree. Why not just direct expected utility? Pain and pleasure are easy to find but don’t work nearly as well.
likely values for creatures with sexual reproduction (beauty, status, sex)
Define sexual. Most sexual creatures are too simple to value the first two. Most plausible posthumans aren’t sexual in a traditional sense.
likely values for intelligent creatures with sexual reproduction (music, art, literature, humor)
Disagree.
likely values for intelligent creatures who cannot directly prove their beliefs (honesty, reputation, piety)
Agree assuming that they aren’t singletons. Even then for sub-components.
values caused by idiosyncratic environmental characteristics (salt, sugar)
Agree.
values caused by random genetic/memetic drift and co-evolution (Mozart, Britney Spears, female breasts, devotion to specific religions)
Agree. Some caveats about Mozart.