it’s not strictly an AI problem—any sufficiently rapid optimization process bears the risk of irretrievably converging on an optimum nobody likes before anybody can intervene with an updated optimization target.
individual and property rights are not rigorously specified enough to be a sufficient safeguard against bad outcomes even in an economy moving at human speeds
in other words the science of getting what we ask for advances faster than the science of figuring out what to ask for
it’s not strictly an AI problem—any sufficiently rapid optimization process bears the risk of irretrievably converging on an optimum nobody likes before anybody can intervene with an updated optimization target.
individual and property rights are not rigorously specified enough to be a sufficient safeguard against bad outcomes even in an economy moving at human speeds
in other words the science of getting what we ask for advances faster than the science of figuring out what to ask for