Do you agree that Flint’s optimizing systems are a good model (or even definition) of outcome pumps?
Are black holes and fires reasonable examples of outcome pumps?
I’m asking these to understand the work better.
Currently my answers are:
Yes. Flint’s notion is one I came to independently when thinking about “goal-directedness”. It could be missing some details, but I find it hard to snap out of the framework entirely.
Yes. But maybe not the most informative examples. They’re highly non-retargetable.
A couple of direct questions I’m stuck on:
Do you agree that Flint’s optimizing systems are a good model (or even definition) of outcome pumps?
Are black holes and fires reasonable examples of outcome pumps?
I’m asking these to understand the work better.
Currently my answers are:
Yes. Flint’s notion is one I came to independently when thinking about “goal-directedness”. It could be missing some details, but I find it hard to snap out of the framework entirely.
Yes. But maybe not the most informative examples. They’re highly non-retargetable.