PhilGoetz comments on Reply to Holden on 'Tool AI' - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 25 June 2012 08:26:02PM *  -1 points [-]

I don't think this makes any sense. A tool AI has no autonomous behavior. It computes a function. Its output has no impact on the world until a human uses it. The phrase "tool AI" implies to me that we are not talking about an AI that you ask, for instance, to "fix the economy"; we are talking about an AI that you ask questions such as, "Find me data showing whether lowering taxes increases tax revenue."