A Worthy Successor – The Purpose of AGI
An essay by Daniel Faggella, Author's site, dated 24 November 2023. The current page gives 24 November 2023 as its posting date and 15 October 2026 as its update date; the archive capture of 26 February 2024 gives 22 December 2023 (and 13 February 2024). Both posting dates are recorded as the pages state them.
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- A Worthy Successor – The Purpose of AGI Author's site (danfaggella.com) · published 2023-11-24 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 6bf1e51355936be1889156fb03c11171f602b3af49c2a96d6cb05f3c2fefa5ed). current page, dated November 24, 2023 and updated October 15, 2026, with an opening note in square brackets; the earlier wording was not read. The cross-family check of 2026-11-01 compared the archive capture of 26 February 2024: it holds the galaxy aim and the list of capabilities, but not the current wording of the successor aim and its conclusion, the sentence on Kurzweil or the opening and closing notes on slowing down.Archived copy, captured 2024-02-26: A Worthy Successor – The Purpose of AGI. Captured 94 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2024-02-26. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-31.
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- Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligenceFaggella's essay, posted on 24 November 2023 and read as updated in 2026, states that AGI would almost certainly be essential to the project of a "Worthy Successor" and that in the longer term non-biological substrates will be more prominent than biological ones in carrying forth life's flourishing.2023-11-24 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligence: propositions page →
- Succession by machines would be acceptable or desirableFaggella's essay, posted on 24 November 2023 and read as updated in 2026, argues that the moral aim of AGI should be the creation of a "Worthy Successor" and that if humanity must have a successor it should be a worthy one.2023-11-24 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Succession by machines would be acceptable or desirable: propositions page →
- Machine intelligence spreads beyond EarthFaggella's essay, posted on 24 November 2023 and read as updated in 2026, names as a highest goal that intelligence or "potentia" bloom into the galaxy. Its "Worthy Successor List", a list of capabilities that an AGI could have that would convince the reader that the AGI (not humanity) should handle the reins of the future, includes launching itself into space and converting planets into vessel-making material.2023-11-24 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machine intelligence spreads beyond Earth: propositions page →
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- Accelerate rather than restrainFaggella's essay, read as updated on 15 October 2026, states that its author has advocated AGI slow-down for more than seven years and that a frenzied AI arms race is unlikely to produce a worthy successor.2023-11-24 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Accelerate rather than restrain: propositions page →
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