Really enjoying reading every post in this sequence! Strangely, handwritten text does not detract from it, if anything, it makes each post more readable.
I wonder why most humans are not fans of wireheading, at least not until addicted to it. Do we naturally think in terms of an “unhacked box” when evaluating usefulness of something?
I usually think of the non-wireheading preference in terms of multiple values—humans value both freedom and pleasure. We are not willing to fully maximize one fully at the expense of the other. Wireheading is always defined by giving up freedom of action by maximizing “pleasure” defined in some way that does not include choice.
Really enjoying reading every post in this sequence! Strangely, handwritten text does not detract from it, if anything, it makes each post more readable.
I wonder why most humans are not fans of wireheading, at least not until addicted to it. Do we naturally think in terms of an “unhacked box” when evaluating usefulness of something?
I usually think of the non-wireheading preference in terms of multiple values—humans value both freedom and pleasure. We are not willing to fully maximize one fully at the expense of the other. Wireheading is always defined by giving up freedom of action by maximizing “pleasure” defined in some way that does not include choice.