If there are no other intelligences inside the Hubble volume, then a MUFAI would be unable to interfere with them.
a) is perhaps possible, but long-range optimization is so much more useful that it won’t last. You might use an AI like that while creating a better one, if the stars are right. If you don’t, you can expect that someone else will.
I like to call this variation (among others) LAI. Limited, that is. It’s on a continuum from what we’ve got now; Google might count.
b) might be possible, at a risk of getting stuck like that. Ideally you’d want the option of upgrading to a better one, sooner or later. Ideally without letting just anyone who says that theirs is an FAI override it, but if you knew how to make an AI recognize an FAI, you’re most of the way to having an FAI. This one’s a hard problem, due mostly to human factors.
If there are no other intelligences inside the Hubble volume, then a MUFAI would be unable to interfere with them.
a) is perhaps possible, but long-range optimization is so much more useful that it won’t last. You might use an AI like that while creating a better one, if the stars are right. If you don’t, you can expect that someone else will.
I like to call this variation (among others) LAI. Limited, that is. It’s on a continuum from what we’ve got now; Google might count.
b) might be possible, at a risk of getting stuck like that. Ideally you’d want the option of upgrading to a better one, sooner or later. Ideally without letting just anyone who says that theirs is an FAI override it, but if you knew how to make an AI recognize an FAI, you’re most of the way to having an FAI. This one’s a hard problem, due mostly to human factors.