Bugmaster comments on Muehlhauser-Wang Dialogue - Less Wrong

24 Post author: lukeprog 22 April 2012 10:40PM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 23 April 2012 08:06:51AM *  4 points [-]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the case that you wish to decelerate AI research ? In this case, you are in fact making a destructive contribution -- from the point of view of someone like Wang, who is interested in AI research. I see nothing odd about that.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 23 April 2012 03:49:21PM 5 points [-]

To decelerate AI capability research and accelerate AI goal management research. An emphasis shift, not a decrease. An increase would be in order.

Comment author: timtyler 23 April 2012 04:37:49PM *  1 point [-]

It sounds as though you mean decelerating the bits that he is interested in and accelerating the bits that the SI is interested in. Rather as though the SI is after a bigger slice of the pie.

If you slow down capability research, then someone else is likely to become capable before you - in which case, your "goal management research" may not be so useful. How confident are you that this is a good idea?