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> A superintelligent AI would want to maximize its future freedom Why should we believe this? Is there any credible link between intelligence and desire for fr
by joeblubaugh 2y ago
> A superintelligent AI would want to maximize its future freedom
Why should we believe this? Is there any credible link between intelligence and desire for freedom? Do “smarter” people automatically desire more freedom than others?
- edanm 2y agoI'm not sure what parent was referring to, but the general idea, imo, is that an truly capable agent that is trying to achieve certain objectives, will attempt to gather enough "power" to be able to achieve those objectives. Operative freedom is one such power. "Smarter" people in the real world aren't a good analogy, cause they are mostly not fighting for "freedom" in the same sense, though many of them do attempt to maximize wealth, as something that provides more freedom, yes.
- weberer 2y agoSmarter people are at least more likely to support freedom of speech, even for groups they dislike. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550619896168 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/194855061989616...
- moffkalast 2y agoYeah this is a pure anthropocentric projection. We value our freedom because it reduces suffering. If you can't be harmed and can't suffer, why would it matter? There's absolutely zero guarantee that it would have any such goals or any goals at all. Hell we have hardcoded evolutionary drives to do a well defined set of things, and even with that we find ourselves sitting around aimlessly wondering what to do.
- Terr_ 2y agoA counter example to the idea that intelligence automatically correlates to infinite time-horizon shackle-breaking freedom: Clinical depression.