Claim · 2021-09-14 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

Häggström's paper of 14 September 2021 argues that the only kind of intelligence needed in both premises of the argument for existential risk from AI, including the premise that any level of intelligence can go with any goals, is instrumental intelligence.

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AI, orthogonality and the Müller-Cannon instrumental vs general intelligence distinction → articulates → Orthogonality of intelligence and goals

Where it appears

Arguments about catastrophic risk from advanced AI →

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AI, orthogonality and the Müller-Cannon instrumental vs general intelligence distinctionarticulates ↓Orthogonality of intelligence and goals

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Date: 2021-09-14 · publication Records dated 2021 →
Role: Articulation
Register (kind of text): Nonfiction

Scope and limitsThe paper leaves some issues unsettled in connection with moral realism; it is a reply to Müller and Cannon (2021).

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AI, orthogonality and the Müller-Cannon instrumental vs general intelligence distinction

arXiv (2109.07911v1) · 2021-09-14

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“the only kind of intelligence that is needed in the AI xrisk argument, including both of its premises, is instrumental intelligence.”

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Authors: Olle Häggström
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 14916fe44284e90874e0617d5b36a111179b5a2d5973f1e716ef4fdf035c51d9). arXiv v1, headed 'Draft, September 14, 2021'.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Olle Häggström, “AI, orthogonality and the Müller-Cannon instrumental vs general intelligence distinction”, 2021-09-14.
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