The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence
A research paper by Stephen M. Omohundro, Self-Aware Systems, dated 5 September 2007. The PDF is headed 'September 5, 2007, revised January 21, 2008'.
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- The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence Self-Aware Systems (author's site, selfawaresystems.com) · published 2007-09-05 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 f16e74e6f8f024d12110ed11d81a717c9de6312945c5074e3cd9bc7d3f31af9b). author's PDF headed 'September 5, 2007, revised January 21, 2008'; the September 2007 version was not located. The cross-family check retrieved it again on 2026-10-31, with the same bytes.
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- Instrumental convergenceOmohundro's paper, dated 5 September 2007 and revised 21 January 2008, argues that self-improving systems will exhibit drives towards efficiency, self-preservation, resource acquisition and creativity, and that these drives are instrumental goals arising from a wide variety of fundamental goals.2007-09-05 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Instrumental convergence: propositions page →
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