I think this is tangential to the point of the post, but it is interesting to me.
I don’t think the incentives for selfish people to act better in a well-designed and well-intended world would need to be negative: there could simply be a gradient of enjoyment toward better behavior.
I’m not really sure we want to be designing gradients to change people at all; people who are not safe to be around could just come with a warning label or other appropriate protections.
If you meant this from the perspective of a bad person convincing themselves they’re a good person, I think my response is exactly what their ASI would give them.
>I don’t think the incentives for selfish people to act better in a well-designed and well-intended world would need to be negative: there could simply be a gradient of enjoyment toward better behavior.
Yep. Exactly what I am talking about. And of course for it to work you need to inform that “your life will be much better if you do what I demand just abide incentive” You already started to reframe it in digestible way. Which is exact pattern that appear on less wrong posts regularly. It is not bad person convincing himself he is good person—it is you looking in the mirror and not recognising yourself. Why you think ASI will help you if you think you already good and dont need help?
I think this is tangential to the point of the post, but it is interesting to me.
I don’t think the incentives for selfish people to act better in a well-designed and well-intended world would need to be negative: there could simply be a gradient of enjoyment toward better behavior.
I’m not really sure we want to be designing gradients to change people at all; people who are not safe to be around could just come with a warning label or other appropriate protections.
If you meant this from the perspective of a bad person convincing themselves they’re a good person, I think my response is exactly what their ASI would give them.
>I don’t think the incentives for selfish people to act better in a well-designed and well-intended world would need to be negative: there could simply be a gradient of enjoyment toward better behavior.
Yep. Exactly what I am talking about. And of course for it to work you need to inform that “your life will be much better if you do
what I demandjust abide incentive” You already started to reframe it in digestible way. Which is exact pattern that appear on less wrong posts regularly. It is not bad person convincing himself he is good person—it is you looking in the mirror and not recognising yourself. Why you think ASI will help you if you think you already good and dont need help?