Anthony Zador's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)
A comment by Anthony Zador, dated 4 October 2019. Known from the LessWrong copy of 4 October 2019; the comments themselves are undated.
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- Stuart Russell's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)Zador's comment in the 2019 thread replies to Russell's argument, naming him.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Russell, comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019): document page →
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- Stuart Russell's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)Russell's comment in the 2019 thread replies to Zador's.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Russell, comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019): document page →
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- Instrumental convergenceZador's comments in the 2019 thread argue that for a robot that is not omnipotent, killing humans carries the risk of retaliation, so that it is unlikely to be an optimal strategy in most scenarios.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Instrumental convergence: propositions page →
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- Present harms deserve priorityZador's comment in the 2019 thread states that focusing on killer robots that dominate humans is a distraction from much more serious issues, which he presents as the unintended societal consequences that improvements in AI will have, by analogy with books, food production technology and social media.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Present harms deserve priority: propositions page →
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