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If somebody wants to play AI box experiment with me, my DMs are open. I think. I play AI, you - a gatekeeper
If you let me out, I might ask you to send me some crypto
Why do some experiments on homeopathy contradict each other? What if, homeopathy works like placebo, and if you expect to prove it works, you do so, and if you expect to prove it doesn't, you do so as well?.. Could there be a scientific mechanism for placebo?
What is Utility Function? I guess it can be expressed in terms of reward for achieving your instrumental and terminal values. What is a terminal value? Something you don't get instrumental utility from, as in money, but value in and of itself. Such as fun. Everybody's instrumental value is survival; how do we make humans having fun a terminal value of a mind? We'd need to reward their instrumental values for sharing this terminal value with us; that is, make it easier to survive if they somehow learn to appreciate fun. How do you express fun, in terms of a utility function, instrumental values and survival? How about empathy? If you can persuade someone you understand and care for them, it's easier to cooperate. If you have fun when they are happy you gain both in your terminal values, and in instrumental, because it makes trust easier, and distrust leads to lost opportunities for cooperation.
Should I write a longer post about this?
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1I wrote a song, using AI, about what it means to care, hurt and love:
https://suno.com/s/XALjKcTuD2zRtbPm
I think it's important in understanding what AIs want to tell us about these things, what we know about these things (and why we think we know it), and exploring the topic so that we could one day make AIs Friendly, and caring.