Got ya, thanks for the clarification. That brings up another question. Why do we want to make an AGI?
On 8/27/08, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An AGI will not design its goals. It is up to humans to define the goals > of an AGI, so that it will do what we want it to do. > > Unfortunately, this is a problem. We may or may not be successful in > programming the goals of AGI to satisfy human goals. If we are not > successful, then AGI will be useless at best and dangerous at worst. If we > are successful, then we are doomed because human goals evolved in a > primitive environment to maximize reproductive success and not in an > environment where advanced technology can give us whatever we want. AGI will > allow us to connect our brains to simulated worlds with magic genies, or > worse, allow us to directly reprogram our brains to alter our memories, > goals, and thought processes. All rational goal-seeking agents must have a > mental state of maximum utility where any thought or perception would be > unpleasant because it would result in a different state. > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
