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A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG
--
Copyright 2026 Olcott

My 28 year goal has been to make
"true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
reliably computable for the entire body of general knowledge.
The complete structure of this system is now defined.

The entire body of knowledge expressed in language is
comprised of two types of relations between finite strings:
(a) *Axioms* Expressions of language that are stipulated to be true.

My system bridges the analytic/synthetic distinction by
expressly encoding all empirical "atomic facts" in a formal
language such as CycL of the Cyc project.

(b) *Inference Rules* Expressions of language that are semantically
entailed syntactically from (a) and/or (b).

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On 09/18/2026 06:46 AM, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

Humility.

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On 9/18/26 7:45 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:

On 09/18/2026 06:46 AM, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

Humility.

speculating on "artificial superintelligence", whatever the fuck that
means, when it isn't even remotely identifiable as a concept is just a
waste of our rather limited time on this earth...
--
arising us out of the computing dark ages,
please excuse my pseudo-pyscript,
~ the lil crank that could
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On 18/09/2026 16:46, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

So ask an AI "It seems that the AI alignment problem can be easily
addressed by the single directive of maximizing benevolence" and
tell us how it answers.
--
Mikko
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On 9/19/2026 11:39 AM, dart200 wrote:

On 9/18/26 7:45 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:

On 09/18/2026 06:46 AM, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

Humility.

speculating on "artificial superintelligence", whatever the fuck that
means, when it isn't even remotely identifiable as a concept is just a
waste of our rather limited time on this earth...

Well, sometimes the "AI" means /actually Indians/. I believe I've said
that before, and the story should be famous enough that I don't need to
provide sources.

Anyway, I /try/ to avoid stochastically incorrect word generators as
much as I can. Unfortunately, I don't always realize I'm reading a gen-
erated article until too late.


Best wishes, and happy avoidance of L.L.Ms!
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Mikko wrote:

On 18/09/2026 16:46, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

So ask an AI "It seems that the AI alignment problem can be easily
addressed by the single directive of maximizing benevolence" and
tell us how it answers.

Conmen maximise benevolence; and then they rip you off.

Ed

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Mikko wrote:

On 18/09/2026 16:46, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

So ask an AI "It seems that the AI alignment problem can be easily
addressed by the single directive of maximizing benevolence" and
tell us how it answers.

You seem to have failed to grasp the main point of what today's "AI"
means. It's not some little algorithm to paint cars on an assembly line,
nor slavishly translate languages as in John Searl's Chinese Room
thought experiment. Its whole intent is to create new fields, new
visions, new ways of looking at things. It has to roam completely out of
the box; it needs initiative, nous, access to the whole Internet and
freedom to scour it. It needs the uninhibited liberty of mind that we
assume we humans have.

Now, consider this.
A non-human intelligence arrives on Earth with the intention of saving
the planet. It surveys this biosphere, this ecosystem, and looks for corrupting influences. Would they be locusts, crocodiles, earth worms, vultures? No. Before all others it will be homo sapiens. We're the virus
on this planet; we're the destructive species that wipes out others and pollutes land and sea. While all other species are controlled within
nature's overall limits, we've climbed out of them. We can survive on
land, 'neath the sea, in space, on other planets; and rape them just as
we have this one.

Simple answer for the alien intelligence; either curtail or eliminate
homo sapiens; put this blue planet back where it should be.

Ed


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On 9/19/2026 3:17 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 18/09/2026 16:46, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

So ask an AI "It seems that the AI alignment problem can be easily
addressed by the single directive of maximizing benevolence" and
tell us how it answers.

https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/mJKhyZ1VhMhgtceGx5vDV
--
Copyright 2026 Olcott

My 28 year goal has been to make
"true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
reliably computable for the entire body of general knowledge.
The complete structure of this system is now defined.

The entire body of knowledge expressed in language is
comprised of two types of relations between finite strings:
(a) *Axioms* Expressions of language that are stipulated to be true.

My system bridges the analytic/synthetic distinction by
expressly encoding all empirical "atomic facts" in a formal
language such as CycL of the Cyc project.

(b) *Inference Rules* Expressions of language that are semantically
entailed syntactically from (a) and/or (b).
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Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> writes:

Mikko wrote:

On 18/09/2026 16:46, olcott wrote:

A prime directive of maximizing benevolence
in the least intrusive way. It does this through
gentle persuasion on the basis of objective truth.

https://share.google/aimode/Uam0oXHyCSNKMAVeG

So ask an AI "It seems that the AI alignment problem can be easily
addressed by the single directive of maximizing benevolence" and
tell us how it answers.

You seem to have failed to grasp the main point of what today's "AI"
means. It's not some little algorithm to paint cars on an assembly
line, nor slavishly translate languages as in John Searl's Chinese
Room thought experiment. Its whole intent is to create new fields, new visions, new ways of looking at things. It has to roam completely out
of the box; it needs initiative, nous, access to the whole Internet
and freedom to scour it. It needs the uninhibited liberty of mind that
we assume we humans have.

Now, consider this.
A non-human intelligence arrives on Earth with the intention of saving
the planet. It surveys this biosphere, this ecosystem, and looks for corrupting influences. Would they be locusts, crocodiles, earth worms, vultures? No. Before all others it will be homo sapiens. We're the
virus on this planet; we're the destructive species that wipes out
others and pollutes land and sea. While all other species are
controlled within nature's overall limits, we've climbed out of
them. We can survive on land, 'neath the sea, in space, on other
planets; and rape them just as we have this one.

Simple answer for the alien intelligence; either curtail or eliminate
homo sapiens; put this blue planet back where it should be.

Ed

Please say your job doesn't involve a classroom of ANY sort.
Please say you are childless, for the love of humanity.

Some people are beyond help, unfortunately.
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