We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?
A magazine article by Steven Pinker, Popular Science, dated 14 February 2018. The popsci.com page metadata gives datePublished 2018-02-14.
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- Intelligence brings benevolence or no drive to dominatePinker's article of 14 February 2018 argues that the drive to dominate belongs to a circuit in the limbic brain of one primate species, not to the nature of intelligence, so that an AI designed rather than evolved could as easily be altruistic and need not turn into a “ruthless conquistador”.2018-02-14 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Intelligence brings benevolence or no drive to dominate: propositions page →
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- Difficulty of alignmentPinker's article of 14 February 2018, adapted from Enlightenment Now, argues that scenarios of an AI literal-mindedly pursuing a given goal against human interests are, in its words, “self-refuting”, because choosing actions that best satisfy conflicting goals and interpreting the intentions of a language user are part of intelligence itself, and that AI, like any other technology, is developed incrementally and tested before it is implemented.2018-02-14 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Difficulty of alignment: propositions page →
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