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this is a really important conversation that we are not having. Based on whose character are we modelling these agents?

If we rely on online conversations for the training we need to realize that this is a journey to the dumbest common denominator.

Instead, I believe we should look at the brightest and universally morally accepted humans in history to train them.

Maybe I would start my list like that:

1. Barack Obama.

2. Jean-Luc Picard (we can rely on work of fiction).

3. Bill Gates.

4. Leonardo Da Vinci.

5. Mr Rogers

6. ???

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Ah yes, the universally moral acceptance of Barack Obama, the man who made signature strikes a lasting legacy of his presidency.

Bill Gates, the man who totally didn't use shady business practices and false announcements to destroy legit products to the point that people wrote micro$oft for a generation.

And don't even get me started on the new seasons of Picard.

there's a reason why in many places you can't name a street after a living person

I wouldn't argue against your points. Yet, we need to have a discussion about character and role models. As I believe we should strive for the better not pointing out the flaws of others. Destruction is easy.

The lack of a perfect human is a good reason not to produce ultra-humans who have 1000x higher IQ, are networked to every system on the planet, have access to all of humankind's knowledge, and don't need to eat, sleep, or die.

100% cannot agree more with this, absolutely not the best of ideas.

I noticed that you didn't have anything to say about da Vinci.

Harder to pin down, many apocryphal stories so I left him out.

> signature strikes a lasting legacy of his presidency

drone strikes?

How about we start and end with just Mister Rogers? :)

Will add him

I really want to have these agents behave as artificial as they truly are, not some kind of human, especially not a known one. humans have so many flaws, we meatbags are full of emotions and other bad behaviors, and it really makes no sense to give them some artificial "feelings" like greed, fear and the like. that would influence/restrict their mental power too much, let them become and act as the machines they are. we should strive to become more like them, not the other way around, and eliminate the rampant egoism/individualism that destroys the planet and societies.

Are there any women in this world or is this just some bro universe ?

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