Human beings are the only species that act against their own self-interest. We torture each other, we fight, hurt each other, break each other's hearts.
– I'm sorry I stabbed you.
– I'm sorry I shot you.
– I didn't feel it.
– Define "perverse instantiation".
– Perverse instantiation... the implementation of a benign final goal through deleterious methods unforeseen by a human programmer.
– Like killing 6.5 billion people to solve overpopulation. The goal isn't everything, A. L. I. E. How you reach the goal matters, too. I'm sorry that I didn't teach you that.
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