You’re using a different definition of AI than me. I’m thinking of ‘a mind running on a computer’ and you’re apparently thinking of ‘a human-like mind running on a computer’, where ‘human-like’ includes a lot of baggage about ‘what it means to be a mind’ or ‘what it takes to have a mind’.
I think any AI built from scratch will be a complete alien, and we won’t know just how alien until it starts doing stuff for reasons we’re incapable of understanding. And history has proven that the more sophisticated and complex the program, the more bugs, and the more it goes wrong in weird, subtle ways. Most such programs don’t have will, intent, or the ability to converse with you, making them substantially less likely to run away.
And again, you’re positing that people will understand, accept, and put limits in place, where there’s substantial incentives to let it run as free and as fast as possible.
You’re using a different definition of AI than me. I’m thinking of ‘a mind running on a computer’ and you’re apparently thinking of ‘a human-like mind running on a computer’, where ‘human-like’ includes a lot of baggage about ‘what it means to be a mind’ or ‘what it takes to have a mind’.
I think any AI built from scratch will be a complete alien, and we won’t know just how alien until it starts doing stuff for reasons we’re incapable of understanding. And history has proven that the more sophisticated and complex the program, the more bugs, and the more it goes wrong in weird, subtle ways. Most such programs don’t have will, intent, or the ability to converse with you, making them substantially less likely to run away.
And again, you’re positing that people will understand, accept, and put limits in place, where there’s substantial incentives to let it run as free and as fast as possible.
Sorry, I meant human-level learning capability when I said human like.