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The post “No Universally Compelling Arguments” (2008-06-26) contests Y02. After arguing that compulsion is a property of minds rather than of arguments, he names as a failure mode the hope that any AI will inevitably derive the right morality without it being programmed. Copy claim link
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Date 2008-06-26 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that a sufficiently intelligent mind would discover a true or universally compelling morality and be bound to act on it. Scope and limits Premise addressed: A sufficiently intelligent mind would discover a true or universally compelling morality and be bound to act on it. Imported Overcoming Bias post; date is the OB date (2008-06-26). The following paragraph lists 'Eliezer1996' among holders of a milder version of the view.
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No Universally Compelling Arguments ↗ Overcoming Bias · 2008-06-26
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Source excerpt “But the even worse failure is the One Great Moral Principle We Don't Even Need To Program Because Any AI Must Inevitably Conclude It.” Location in source No Universally Compelling Arguments, paragraph beginning 'But the even worse failure'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 437193a5a1540d060d8bd3c1d10d89831afae39e30d17637357f108f93246232), content version 1.1.0; quotations also compared with the posting-day version 1.0.0. As imported to LessWrong. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “No Universally Compelling Arguments”, Overcoming Bias, as imported to LessWrong, 2008-06-26. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T02-b. The quotation (24 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 437193a5a1540d060d8bd3c1d10d89831afae39e30d17637357f108f93246232) when checked on 2026-10-06. It also matched the posting-day version 1.0.0. Pack version note: edited post, current version 1.1.0; posting-day check pending. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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