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I recommend either Gary Drescher's "Good and Real", or the relevant parts of Overcoming Bias (which aren't exactly collected into one place yet).
by Eliezer 18y ago
I recommend either Gary Drescher's "Good and Real", or the relevant parts of Overcoming Bias (which aren't exactly collected into one place yet).
- randallsquared 18y agoI don't recall seeing implementation details in OB, and the description of that book doesn't indicate there are any in there, either. Of course, that's because the real answer is "no one understands it, yet". A bunch of jargon and entertaining stories can be used to show that some proposed implementation isn't the right answer, sometimes, but it can't be the answer.
- Eliezer 18y agoWell, I'm not just going to come out and tell you how to build a conscious entity. Next thing you know, people would be making conscious Java applets. That's the real reason "no one can explain the hard problem of subjective experience". It's actually pretty simple, but as soon as someone figures it out, they realize how easy it would be to create billions of small computer programs experiencing intense suffering; so they keep it a secret.
- randallsquared 18y agoAh. That must be it. Thanks for the tip. :)
- nazgulnarsil 18y agois there an easier way of finding the relevant bits of overcoming bias? is there someplace that links to the beginning of serial posts?
- Eliezer 18y agoWe've got a major revamp currently underway; that's part of the plan. Meanwhile there isn't much except the Google search and Andrew Hay's indices.