Good points. Classic, and good, posts.
I’d like to comment one of them: “but imagine what one of them could do if such a thing existed: a real agent with the power to reliably do things it believed would fulfill its desires. It could change its diet, work out each morning, and maximize its health and physical attractiveness.” I fear that in this phrases lies one of the big issues I have with the rationalist people I’ve met thusfar.
Why would there be a “one” agent, with “its” desires, that would be fulfilled. Agents are composed of different time-spans. Some time-spans do not desire to diet. Others do (all above some ammount of time). Who is to say that the “agent” is the set that would be benefitted by those acts, not the set that would be harmed by it. My view is that piconomics is just half the story. In this video, I talk about piconomics from 7:00 to 13:20
I’d suggest to take a look at what I say at 13:20-18:00 and 20:35-23:55 , a pyramidal structure of selfs, or agents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RQC7jAWl_o
Good points. Classic, and good, posts. I’d like to comment one of them: “but imagine what one of them could do if such a thing existed: a real agent with the power to reliably do things it believed would fulfill its desires. It could change its diet, work out each morning, and maximize its health and physical attractiveness.”
I fear that in this phrases lies one of the big issues I have with the rationalist people I’ve met thusfar. Why would there be a “one” agent, with “its” desires, that would be fulfilled. Agents are composed of different time-spans. Some time-spans do not desire to diet. Others do (all above some ammount of time). Who is to say that the “agent” is the set that would be benefitted by those acts, not the set that would be harmed by it.
My view is that piconomics is just half the story.
In this video, I talk about piconomics from 7:00 to 13:20 I’d suggest to take a look at what I say at 13:20-18:00 and 20:35-23:55 , a pyramidal structure of selfs, or agents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RQC7jAWl_o