I think this casts doubt on the alignment benefit. It seems a priori likely that an AI, lacking the relevant evolutionary history, will be in an exaggerated version of the autistic person’s position.
Maybe. On the other hand, AIs have recently been getting quite good at things that we previously thought to require human-like intuition, like playing Go, understanding language, and making beautiful art. It feels like a natural continuation of these trends would be for it to develop a superhuman ability for intuitive social modeling as well.
Maybe. On the other hand, AIs have recently been getting quite good at things that we previously thought to require human-like intuition, like playing Go, understanding language, and making beautiful art. It feels like a natural continuation of these trends would be for it to develop a superhuman ability for intuitive social modeling as well.