Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Friday, 30-May-14 01:26:50 UTC
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@snowcone The problem is that "positive" isn't a binary value like you make it out to be, as morals are often self imposed. As humans, what I see as positive might be something you see as "negative". And the other problem is the computer would view joy and facts as one and the same. It can't formulate opinions, it can only be given them. Which is why it would see infinite energy as a solution, because it has no grasp of rationalism and only works towards what it has now been told to (in this case, the programmer's idea of joy). That in itself is also an interesting point, the computer itself cannot actually experience joy unless it's programmed to do so, and even then joy, like boredom, is a task and not an experience. As for the copper wiring thing, it depends on your view of transhumanism.
