timtyler comments on Why not just write failsafe rules into the superintelligent machine?

[timtyler]

My comment on Chalmers’ blog:

IMO, people want machine intelligence to help them to attain their goals. Machines can’t do that if they are isolated off in virtual worlds. Sure there will be test harnesses—but it seems rather unlikely that we will keep these things under extensive restraint on grounds of sheer paranoia—that would stop us from taking advantage of them.