pinyaka comments on [LINK] Wait But Why - The AI Revolution Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 05 February 2015 08:00:19PM *  3 points [-]

If that happens you will then have the problem of an AI which tries to wirehead itself while simultaneously trying to control its future light-cone to make sure that nothing stops it from continuing to wirehead.

Comment author: pinyaka 05 February 2015 08:32:16PM 1 point [-]

That sounds bad. It doesn't seem obvious to me that reward seeking and reward optimizing are the same thing, but maybe they are. I don't know and will think about it more. Thank you for talking through this with me this far.