Checking is pretty much just applying tests to a proposed solution in order to reach a more reliable understanding of the plausibility of the solution. So unless the agent is ‘programmed’/wired to do such tests, it won’t necessarily do so.
Uhm… sounds like you’ve never heard of Basic AI Drives which, according to Omohundro, are behaviours of “sufficiently advanced AI systems of any design” “which will be present unless explicitly counteracted”; I invite you to look into that.
The “uhm” didn’t come across to me as rudeness; it came across as hesitance, which I interpreted as fear of coming across as rude. I admit that “sounds like you’ve never heard of X” is less polite than “have you heard of X?”, and the latter seems like a good substitute. “I invite you to look into that” doesn’t seem rude at all to me.
Warringal correctly interpreted what I was trying to convey and even summed up my afterthoughts on how I could’ve been more tactful, however, ‘uhm’ does assume negative connotations in online discussions—according to urban dictionary, but unbeknown to me at the time.
Uhm… sounds like you’ve never heard of Basic AI Drives which, according to Omohundro, are behaviours of “sufficiently advanced AI systems of any design” “which will be present unless explicitly counteracted”; I invite you to look into that.
Was that “Uhm...” really necessary?
You imply that there’s a good reason for not using that “uhm...”. What reason would that be?
Politeness? profunda’s entire comment strikes me as quite rude and removing the beginning would at least be a step in the right direction.
The “uhm” didn’t come across to me as rudeness; it came across as hesitance, which I interpreted as fear of coming across as rude. I admit that “sounds like you’ve never heard of X” is less polite than “have you heard of X?”, and the latter seems like a good substitute. “I invite you to look into that” doesn’t seem rude at all to me.
I interpreted it as sarcastic. YMMV. It is of course very hard to make sure stuff like this isn’t misinterpreted on the internet.
Warringal correctly interpreted what I was trying to convey and even summed up my afterthoughts on how I could’ve been more tactful, however, ‘uhm’ does assume negative connotations in online discussions—according to urban dictionary, but unbeknown to me at the time.