I was unconcerned with whether the device would “really” think or have qualia
I get the impression that Mitchell_Porter is tentatively accepting Eliezer’s assertion that FAI should not be a person, but nonetheless those “epistemological issues” seem relevant to the content of ethics. A machine with the wrong ideas about ontology might make huge mistakes regarding what makes life worth living for humans.
I get the impression that Mitchell_Porter is tentatively accepting Eliezer’s assertion that FAI should not be a person, but nonetheless those “epistemological issues” seem relevant to the content of ethics. A machine with the wrong ideas about ontology might make huge mistakes regarding what makes life worth living for humans.