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Comment author: jsteinhardt 14 December 2010 06:33:34PM 2 points [-]

No one has mentioned AI yet? (Not friendly AI, just regular AI.) Is there any interest in this? I had intended to write a few posts about it if I ever had time.

Comment author: Vaniver 14 December 2010 06:36:06PM 2 points [-]

I have an interest in regular AI but as far as I can tell it's mostly distinct from rationality. AI seems much more about task completion and decision-making in narrow regions with strongly identified problems; AGIs and humans are much more about task selection and decision-making in broad regions with weakly identified problems.

Comment author: jsteinhardt 14 December 2010 06:51:06PM 0 points [-]

I meant the parts of AI relevant to AGI. While certain subfields of AI are specialized task-solvers (and the researchers know it), there are plenty of fields that want to solve the general problem.

Isn't AGI also mostly distinct from rationality? I don't get the connection.