Lumifer comments on Summoning the Least Powerful Genie - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 September 2015 02:44:39PM 0 points [-]

What's the ROI for a super-intelligent, self-aware machine?

That clearly depends on how super is "super-intelligent". For a trivial example, imagine an AI which can successfully trade in the global financial markets.

Comment author: gurugeorge 23 September 2015 05:14:50PM 0 points [-]

What happens if it doesn't want to - if it decides to do digital art or start life in another galaxy?

That's the thing, a self-aware intelligent thing isn't bound to do the tasks you ask of it, hence a poor ROI. Humans are already such entities, but far cheaper to make, so a few who go off and become monks isn't a big problem.

Comment author: Lumifer 23 September 2015 05:18:38PM *  0 points [-]

What happens if it doesn't want to - if it decides to do digital art or start life in another galaxy?

You give it proper incentives :-)

Or, even simpler X-)

Humans are already such entities

Nope, remember, we're talking about a super-intelligent entity.