I mean, I can accept “the answer is there is no answer” (just as there is no point to existence of itself, we’re just here and have to work out what to do for ourselves). It just seems rather a lot of text to get that across.
Well, just because there is no moral argument that will convince any possible intelligence doesn’t mean there’s nothing left to explore. For example, you might apply the “what words mean” posts to explore what people mean when they say “do the right thing,” and how to program that into an AI :P
That’s it? That’s the whole takeaway?
I mean, I can accept “the answer is there is no answer” (just as there is no point to existence of itself, we’re just here and have to work out what to do for ourselves). It just seems rather a lot of text to get that across.
Well, just because there is no moral argument that will convince any possible intelligence doesn’t mean there’s nothing left to explore. For example, you might apply the “what words mean” posts to explore what people mean when they say “do the right thing,” and how to program that into an AI :P