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Sjov med kattepiger

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tags: Eliezer S. Youkowsky, Filosofi, K�rlighed

Hvad er det, der er s� specielt ved k�rlighed? Hvorfor er det vi skal blive ved med at arbejde p� at elske dem vi har, frem for at skabe nogen, det er meget lettere at elske (og pyt s� med om de er i stand til at elske os)? Eliezer Yudkowsky har et bud, i artiklen Interpersonal Entanglement.

I find it all too easy to imagine a world in which men retreat to their optimized sweet sexy catgirls, and women retreat to their optimized darkly gentle catboys, and neither sex has anything to do with each other ever again. Maybe men would take the east side of the galaxy and women would take the west side. And the two new intelligent species, and their romantic sexbots, would go their separate ways from there.
That strikes me as kind of sad.

Utopia gik galt

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tags: Anmeldelse, Eliezer S. Youkowsky, Novelle, Science fiction

Anmeldelse af "Failed Utopia #4-2" (gratis), af Eliezer Yudkowsky.

Skitse: Tyngdekraften er forkert. Min krop er forkert. Og den kvinde der er ikke min kone. Hvad foreg�r der her?

Er det science fiction? Jeps. En kunstig intelligens pr�ver at spille smart, efter singulariteten.

Temaer: Den der kunstige intelligens pr�ver virkelig. Jeg mener, hvis du skulle skabe en verden, hvor alle var lykkelige, hvad ville du s� g�re? Men det er sv�rt.

Er det godt? Kort, pr�cist, overraskende, alt mulig godt. Men m�ske lidt for meget en begyndelse p� noget, der s� vidt jeg ved aldrig er kommet.

31 slags sjov

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tags: Eliezer S. Youkowsky, Filosofi, Kvalitet, Science fiction

Hvordan ville Utopia v�re? Hvis vi kunne undg� alle de f�lder, der allerede er g�ttet, kedsomhed, at alting er for nemt osv. Hvordan ville der s� egentlig v�re? Eliezer Yudkowsky har et bud, i artiklen 31 Laws of Fun.

People should live in a world that fully engages their senses, their bodies, and their brains. This means either that the world resembles the ancestral savanna more than say a windowless office; or alternatively, that brains and bodies have changed to be fully engaged by different kinds of complicated challenges and environments. (Fictions intended to entertain a human audience should concentrate primarily on the former option.)

Simpelthen sandheden

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tags: Eliezer S. Youkowsky, Filosofi, �rlighed

Jeg er begyndt at l�se ret systematisk ovre p� lesswrong, og noget af det f�rste man s� st�der p� er et essay om sandhed. Hvad er sandhed? Hvilke specielle egenskaber har sandheden? Det hele er viklet ind i en historie om f�r og sm�sten. Jeg kan kun anbefale af l�se den.

The next morning, I open the gate of the enclosure only a little way, and as each sheep passes out of the enclosure, I drop a pebble into a bucket nailed up next to the door. In the afternoon, as each returning sheep passes by, I take one pebble out of the bucket. When there are no pebbles left in the bucket, I can stop searching and turn in for the night. It is a brilliant notion. It will revolutionize shepherding.