An intelligence of level 1 acts on innate algorithms, like a bacterium that survives using inherited mechanisms.
This suggestion seems disengaged from the biological literature. It has become known in recent years, for instance, that bacteria live very complicated social lives. From The Social Lives of Microbes:
...It used to be assumed that bacteria and other microorganisms lived relatively independent unicellular lives, without the cooperative behaviors that have provoked so much interest in mammals, birds, and insects. However, a rapidly expanding bod
I have the sense that this may be too simple.
Are humans structurally distinguishable from paperclip maximizers?
Are "innate algorithms" and "finds new algorithms" really qualitatively different?
I sometimes consider this topic. I would phrase it "How can intelligence generally be categorized?" Ideally we would be able to measure and categorize the intelligence level of anything; for example rocks, bacterium, eco-systems, suns, algorithms (AI), aliens that are smarter than humans.
Intelligence appears to be related to the level of abstraction that can be managed. This is roughly what is captured in the OP's list. Higher levels of abstraction allow an intelligence to integrate input from broader or more complex contexts, to model and to res...
It looks for goals and algorithms to achieve the goald.
What criterion should it use to choose between goals?
(also, there's a typo)
I like gensyms.
G101: Pavitra (me) cares about something.
What is the point in caring for G101?
At a certain point, the working model of reality begins to predict what the insane will claim to perceive and how those errors come about.
What if you can't predict?
I advocate the G700 view, and assert that believing G698 or G699 interferes with believing G700.
That is not how your brain works (a rough guess). Your brain thinks either G698 or G699 and then comes out with a decision about either driving or not. This heuristic process is called optimism or pessimism.
G101: Pavitra (me) cares about something.
What is the point in caring for G101?
Since I'm Pavitra, it doesn't really matter to me if G101 has a point; I care about it anyway.
What if you can't predict?
Their claims are basically noisy. If a large group of crazies started agreeing with each other, that might require looking into more carefully.
That is not how your brain works (a rough guess).
Not natively, no. That's why it requires advocacy.
Level 1: Algorithm-based Intelligence
An intelligence of level 1 acts on innate algorithms, like a bacterium that survives using inherited mechanisms.
Level 2: Goal-oriented Intelligence
An intelligence of level 2 has an innate goal. It develops and finds new algorithms to solve a problem. For example, the paperclip maximizer is a level-2 intelligence.
Level 3: Philosophical Intelligence
An intelligence of level 3 has neither any preset algorithms nor goals. It looks for goals and algorithms to achieve the goal. Ethical questions are only applicable to intelligence of level 3.