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Wroisu t1_j8yredb wrote

"There was also the Argument of Increasing Decency, which basically stated that cruelty was linked to stupidity and that the link between intelligence, imagination, empathy and good- behaviour-as-it-was-generally-understood,

i.e. not being cruel to others, was as profound as these matters ever got”.

This is the argument of increasing decency, it basically says that cruelty & petty violence is a result of stupidity. and that any genuine super intelligence would be benevolent by virtue of being super intelligent.

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helpskinissues t1_j8zjjy3 wrote

>This is the argument of increasing decency, it basically says that cruelty & petty violence is a result of stupidity. and that any genuine super intelligence would be benevolent by virtue of being super intelligent.

Morality is subjective (if not simply nonsense). You're not benevolent to the living beings you kill by breathing or walking. A very advanced AGI would see you like we see bacteria. Tools to use.

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Wroisu t1_j8zvra4 wrote

Bacteria did not create humans though, maybe they did in some abstract sense - but bacteria did not actively work to create humans.

A super-intelligence would most definitely retain interest in its progenitor species specifically due to the fact it was created by them.

The relationship would be more similar to a grand kid and their grandparents.

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helpskinissues t1_j904i5k wrote

Nonsense. Family makes sense for survival purposes. Otherwise it doesn't. And an AGI without survival needs of cooperation with families wouldn't consider us family.

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