Comment by throwaway1389z
1 day ago
To use a dictionary to understand contextual meaning is like trying to assert the season based on a thermometer, shortsighted.
1 day ago
To use a dictionary to understand contextual meaning is like trying to assert the season based on a thermometer, shortsighted.
That’s why everybody uses context to understand the exact meaning.
The context was “when would an AI agent doing something it’s not permitted to do ever not be bad”. Since we are talking about a tool and not a being capable of ethical evaluation, reasoning, and therefore morally good or bad actions, the only useful meaning of “bad” or “wrong” here is as in “broken” or “malfunctioning”, not as in “unethical”. After all, you wouldn’t talk about a gun’s trigger failing as being “morally good”.