[This is an entry for lsusr’s write-like-lsusr competition.]
"I solved the alignment problem," said Qianyi.
"You what?" said postdoc Timothy.
It was late at the university computer laboratory and Timothy' skepticism was outvoted by his eagerness to think about anything other than his dissertation.
"You heard me," said Qianyi.
"You do realize that solving the alignment has lots of different components, right?" said Timothy, "First you need to figure out how to build a general superintelligence and world optimizer."
"I did that," said Qianyi.
"Then you'd need to align it with the Coherent Extrapolated Volition (CEV) of humanity," said Timothy.
"I did that too," said Quanyi.
"Except CEV is barely even a coherent concept. This isn't even a technical problem. It's... (read 823 more words →)
The Buddha told everyone that he meditated. The Buddha was so good at telling people he meditated that today, 2000+ years after his death, billions of people know that he meditated. I, the real lsusr, endeavor to live like the Buddha.
I have submitted an entry titled Human Values.