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When Skynet takes over do you care if it was because machines developed "free will" or because they were "shuffling bits of paper". I think the fear of AI is in
by zwieback 10y ago
When Skynet takes over do you care if it was because machines developed "free will" or because they were "shuffling bits of paper". I think the fear of AI is independent of technical definitions of what goes on inside and people are not comforted by explanations why machines don't actually think on their own.
- cgag 10y agoYeah, when my atoms are rearranged into paperclips, I don't care if the AI that did it truly "desired" that outcome. (https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer)
- inputcoffee 10y agoI think a lot of people have responded with this critique, which you have stated succinctly here. In my defense, I thought the last section of the essay responded to that point, but clearly it did not. Basically, I think if the fear is not willful competition, then it is the opacity of complexity, which we deal with today. But I might have to address this elsewhere.