2007
Selekoa’s 12 records dated 2007, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 12 records
Dated to 2007 only
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“Levels of Organization in General Intelligence” (2007) credits Eliezer Yudkowsky as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the year
Levels of Organization in General Intelligence defines a seed AI as an AI designed for self-understanding, self-modification and recursive self-improvement, and treats recursive self-improvement as a consequence of seed AI rather than a cheap way to achieve AI. Evidence ↗Yudkowsky, Levels of Organization in General Intelligence (2007) →Claim page →
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Levels of Organization in General Intelligence describes recursive self-improvement as a consequence of seed AI. Evidence ↗Yudkowsky, Levels of Organization in General Intelligence (2007) →Claim page →
October 2007
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“The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence” (2007-10-16) credits Eliezer Yudkowsky as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The post “The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence” (2007-10-16) contests Y20. Responding to people who answer talk of advanced AI with film references, he argues that starting from fiction frames the debate around an 'Us vs. Them' struggle and leaves out the scenarios he considers relevant. Evidence ↗Yudkowsky, The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence (2007) →Claim page →
November 2007
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“Thou Art Godshatter” (2007-11-13) credits Eliezer Yudkowsky as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The post “Thou Art Godshatter” (2007-11-13) bears on Y05. Discussing human evolution, he observes that selection for reproductive fitness produced many separate desires rather than a desire for fitness itself; he later applies the analogy to AI training (AGI Ruin item 16). Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
“The Hidden Complexity of Wishes” (2007-11-24) credits Eliezer Yudkowsky as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The mailing-list message “Re: UCaRtMaAI paper” (2007-11-24) is sent under the name Eliezer S. Yudkowsky. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
The post “The Hidden Complexity of Wishes” (2007-11-24) contests Y03. Correcting a reading of his 2007 post, he says the difficulty he described concerns what a superintelligence wants, not whether it could understand or predict human values. Evidence ↗Yudkowsky, The Hidden Complexity of Wishes (2007) →Claim page →
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The post “The Hidden Complexity of Wishes” (2007-11-24) contests Y04. Using an Outcome Pump that rescues a mother from a burning building by exploding it, he argues that any short wish leaves out values a powerful optimizer will trample. Evidence ↗Yudkowsky, The Hidden Complexity of Wishes (2007) →Claim page →
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The SL4 message “Re: UCaRtMaAI paper” (2007-11-24) contests Y24. Replying to Tim Freeman, who argued against waiting until we know what we are doing because other AGI projects are proceeding without concern for Friendliness, he says that doing better than competitors does not count. Evidence ↗