Again, I have difficulty understanding why so many people place such a high value on ‘intelligence’ for its own sake, as opposed to a means to an end. If Eliezer is worried that he does not have enough mathematical intelligence to save the universe from someone else’s misdesigned AI, than this is indeed a problem for him, but only because the universe will not be saved. If someone else saves the universe instead, Eliezer should not mind, and should go back to writing sci-fi novels. Why should Eliezer’s ego cry at the thought of being upstaged? He should want that to happen if he’s such an altruist.
I don’t really give a damn where my ‘intelligence’ falls on some scale, so long as I have enough of it to accomplish those things I find satisfying and important TO ME. And if I don’t, well, hopefully I have enough savvy to get others who do to help me out of a difficult situation. Hopefully Eliezer can get the help he needs with fAI (if such help even exists and such a problem is solvable).
Also, to those who care about intelligence for its own sake, does the absolute horsepower matter to you, or only your abilities relative to others? IE, would you be satisfied if you were considered the smartest person in the world by whatever scale, or would that still not be enough because you were not omniscient?
Again, I have difficulty understanding why so many people place such a high value on ‘intelligence’ for its own sake, as opposed to a means to an end. If Eliezer is worried that he does not have enough mathematical intelligence to save the universe from someone else’s misdesigned AI, than this is indeed a problem for him, but only because the universe will not be saved. If someone else saves the universe instead, Eliezer should not mind, and should go back to writing sci-fi novels. Why should Eliezer’s ego cry at the thought of being upstaged? He should want that to happen if he’s such an altruist.
I don’t really give a damn where my ‘intelligence’ falls on some scale, so long as I have enough of it to accomplish those things I find satisfying and important TO ME. And if I don’t, well, hopefully I have enough savvy to get others who do to help me out of a difficult situation. Hopefully Eliezer can get the help he needs with fAI (if such help even exists and such a problem is solvable).
Also, to those who care about intelligence for its own sake, does the absolute horsepower matter to you, or only your abilities relative to others? IE, would you be satisfied if you were considered the smartest person in the world by whatever scale, or would that still not be enough because you were not omniscient?