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This seems like one of those strangely recurring limitations of writers' imagination. The closest analogue I can think of is game AIs written to optimise speed
by Agentlien 5y ago
This seems like one of those strangely recurring limitations of writers' imagination.
The closest analogue I can think of is game AIs written to optimise speed running of games. They routinely end up following tactics which rely on what humans would describe as cheats and glitches.
- skybrian 5y agoI don't know which writers you mean but "wireheading" is a common trope and it's explicitly mentioned in the story. [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aMXhaj6zZBgbTrfqA/a-definition-of-wireheading https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aMXhaj6zZBgbTrfqA/a-definiti...