Expanding on "How To Be Good" -- Some Additional Observations

In my last post on the subject of AI, values,and socially beneficial simulation, I looked at one way of approaching the problem of AI values, society, and institutions through simulation and modeling. It occurred to me while writing it that there was also another way that might be interesting to think about, and it stems from a rejected piece I wrote last year on the subject of the computer as a "moral mirror." Though that piece was rejected for a reason (it wasn't that well-written), it has come into my mind again over the last week as the Internet has collectively reflected on my Slate article about AI values. I have some commonalities and differences with Stuart Russell's view of AI value alignment. I've looked at them here, here, here, and here.