Sounds like the sort of strategy that evolution would invent. Or rather, already has, repeatedly — “build a lot of cheap little war machines and don’t mind the casualties” is standard operating procedure for a lot of insects.
But yeah, it’s an awesome lesson in “the AI optimizes for what you tell it to optimize for, not for what humans actually want.”
Sounds like the sort of strategy that evolution would invent. Or rather, already has, repeatedly — “build a lot of cheap little war machines and don’t mind the casualties” is standard operating procedure for a lot of insects.
But yeah, it’s an awesome lesson in “the AI optimizes for what you tell it to optimize for, not for what humans actually want.”