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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: AI failures
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References: <1992May11.160456.15469@math.okstate.edu> <1992May11.183017.14806@psych.toronto.edu> <1992May11.210524.30977@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1992May12.002440.5501@psych.toronto.edu> <unaphINNpv8@early-bird.think.com> <RJBODKIN.92May15034757@lister.lcs.mit.edu
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 14:51:42 GMT

In article <RJBODKIN.92May15034757@lister.lcs.mit.edu> rjbodkin@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ronald Bodkin) writes:
>In article <unaphINNpv8@early-bird.think.com> moravec@Think.COM (Hans Moravec) writes:
>   ... the usual social ethics ... are a pragmatic system,
>   not a higher truth ...
>
>   Brining things closer to home, if the two of us were trapped foodless
>   in a Andean winter, maybe we would have to draw straws for who eats who.
>
>	And why would you draw straws, instead of just killing him
>while he cuts the straws?  It appears that you are, in fact,
>obeying some kind of ethics since risking an increased chance of death
>isn't exactly "pragmatic."
>
It is so simple that I am surprised you do not see it yourself! If we fight who
eats whom, both of us may die since even if one wins, he/she may be weakened
enough in the process fo fight that extra food is not going to be help.
Ever heard about prisoner's dilemma?

>		Ron


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