First two yes, last one no. There is a communication gap in any case, and crossing that communication gap is ultimately the AI’s job. Answering questions will look different in the two cases: maybe typing yes/no at a prompt vs swimming up one of two channels on a microfluidic chip. But the point is, communication is itself a difficult problem, and an AI alignment method should account for that.
First two yes, last one no. There is a communication gap in any case, and crossing that communication gap is ultimately the AI’s job. Answering questions will look different in the two cases: maybe typing yes/no at a prompt vs swimming up one of two channels on a microfluidic chip. But the point is, communication is itself a difficult problem, and an AI alignment method should account for that.
But we can design in communication protocols into an AI system. With E coli we would have to figure out how they “communicate”.