I think the Sword of Good focused on the question of how culture can blind our moral sensibility. I would say that story just wasn’t about that problem.
It is true that neither the Lord of Dark in that story, nor Harry in MoR, is expected to enter into the rapid recursive self-improvement anticipated for an AI. Though I would expect MoR’s Harry to figure out a way to do that, given wizardly powers over time.
How do you reconcile this view with the Sword of Good story?
I think the Sword of Good focused on the question of how culture can blind our moral sensibility. I would say that story just wasn’t about that problem.
It is true that neither the Lord of Dark in that story, nor Harry in MoR, is expected to enter into the rapid recursive self-improvement anticipated for an AI. Though I would expect MoR’s Harry to figure out a way to do that, given wizardly powers over time.
I’m confused. Didn’t The Sword of Good end with the destruction of the world, just as PhilGoetz would predict?
No.