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> Many AI researchers, myself included, believe that competitive survival of "living organisms" is the only true way to implement general intelligence. My gut
by 6510 7y ago
> Many AI researchers, myself included, believe that competitive survival of "living organisms" is the only true way to implement general intelligence.
My gut translates that idea as: Progress is made though War not Markets.
Which seems dubious to say the least.
- andyjohnson0 7y agoIsn't a market a kind of competitive environment? Given an appropriate reward function, and multiple independent actors seeking advantage, some might converge on an optimal strategy for attaining AGI. Anyway, that's the way I read it.
- 6510 7y agoSure but exchange is a more important part of it. Even a predator offers protection services.
- blast 7y agoWhen you put it that way it makes me more sympathetic to the idea, horrifying as it is. War has been one of the biggest things that led to progress, unfortunately. And we don't seem to have learned how to do without it. Walter Scheidel's work has been interesting about this. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/can-inequality-only-be-fixed-by-war-revolution-or-plague https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/can-inequal...