What if the AI were like a human child in intelligence? In that case, it would not be capable of teaching/programming at a high level of sophistication.
May I ask you what your cultural background is ?
No.
Some things that seem strange to me might make perfect sense to someone with a background sufficiently different from mine.
Some remote family member of mine for instance firmly believed (deceased) that women 'have their place', and with that he definitely didn't mean university.
I found that a pretty bizarre statement (even as a kid) but in light of his particular cultural background I find it easier to accept that that was his point of view.
Edit: khafra, thanks a lot for editing the post. This reaffirms my faith that HN is an exceptionally good online community.
1) if you make remarks online you always have to remember that you are speaking 'in public' and that anybody that wants to know more about you probably can and will.
2) that the timing of the disclosure was less than elegant to put it mildly, he already said 'no', that should have been enough (it was for me).
3) that the same thing happening on reddit several days ago apparently is what drove Khafra to wonder just like I did if this might be a cultural thing. If someone makes a point out of continuously harping on a very controversial opinion then that will make people curious about you. Still, point (2) holds strong and that should not have been done. I don't know if Khafra can still remove the post but if I were him I would do so.