Hence the “all”. Certainly agents can happen to have areas in which their goals are compatible, and choose to exert their efforts e.g. synergistically in such win-win situations of mutual benefit.
The same does not hold true for agents whose primary goals are strictly antagonistic. “I maximize the number of paperclips!”—“I minimize the number of paperclips!” will have … trouble … getting along, and mutually exchanging treatises about their respective ethics wouldn’t solve the impasse.
(A pair of “I make paperclips!”—“I destroy paperclips!” may actually enter a hugely beneficial relationship.)
Didn’t think there was anyone—apart from the PawnOfFaith and I—still listening in. :)
Hence the “all”. Certainly agents can happen to have areas in which their goals are compatible, and choose to exert their efforts e.g. synergistically in such win-win situations of mutual benefit.
The same does not hold true for agents whose primary goals are strictly antagonistic. “I maximize the number of paperclips!”—“I minimize the number of paperclips!” will have … trouble … getting along, and mutually exchanging treatises about their respective ethics wouldn’t solve the impasse.
(A pair of “I make paperclips!”—“I destroy paperclips!” may actually enter a hugely beneficial relationship.)
Didn’t think there was anyone—apart from the PawnOfFaith and I—still listening in. :)
Yup, that’s fair.
And I read the Recent Comments list every once in a while.