I don’t necessarily disagree insofar as for safety it is somewhat irrelevant whether an artificial agent is operating by its own will or a programmed will. The

I don’t necessarily disagree insofar as for safety it is somewhat irrelevant whether an artificial agent is operating by its own will or a programmed will. The most effective safety is the most primitive: don’t connect the system to any levers or actuators that can cause material harm. If you put AI into a kill-bot, well, it doesn’t really matter what its favorite color is, does it? It will be seeing Red. If an AI’s only surface area is a writing journal and canvas then the risk is about the same as browsing Tumblr.