for an agent advanced enough to discover them) that include self- and goal-preservation, resource- and capacity-increase, etc. (e.g., as discussed in Bostrom, 2014). One suggestion for maintaining control over advanced systems that pose risks from the combination of the above considerations is to limit the

for an agent advanced enough to discover them) that include self- and goal-preservation, resource- and capacity-increase, etc. (e.g., as discussed in Bostrom, 2014). One suggestion for maintaining control over advanced systems that pose risks from the combination of the above considerations is to limit the

e source of the existential risk from superintelligent AI cited in recent years by such observers as Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, and Nick Bostrom. Putting Purposes Into Machines The goal of AI research has been to understand the principles underlying intelligent behavior and to build those pr

e source of the existential risk from superintelligent AI cited in recent years by such observers as Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, and Nick Bostrom. Putting Purposes Into Machines The goal of AI research has been to understand the principles underlying intelligent behavior and to build those pr

it has punched the entire world into paperclips. You had to hope someone had remembered to place a “halt” command into is logic somewhere. And though Bostrom’s messianic wire twister is unlikely - of course, no one is going to forget to tell a machine to stop making paperclips - the power of his example is