when I was 5 years old, my mom was such a genie
Your mother was human and her goals were likely very tightly aligned with yours. She was probably an extremely safe genie and was likely more concerned with what you actually needed rather than what you asked for.
If a 5 year old asked for a metric ton of candy and a bag of huge fireworks she's likely such a safe genie that she'd simply not grant your wish even if it was what you really wanted, even if she fully understood why you wanted it and even if she was fully capable of granting it.
At age 5 you could safely wish for "I wish for you to do what I should wish for" and at worst you'd be a little disappointed if what she came up with wasn't as fun as you'd have liked.
At age 5 you could safely wish for "I wish for you to do what I should wish for" and at worst you'd be a little disappointed if what she came up with wasn't as fun as you'd have liked.
I would have gotten the wrong flavor of ice cream. It was strictly better to specify the flavor of ice cream I preferred. Therefore, the statement about the 3 types of genies is simply false. It might be approximately true in some sense, but even if it is, the article never gives any arguments in favor of that thesis, it simply gives one example.
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3nyn5i/science_ama_series_stephen_hawking_ama_answers/
the vast majority of the discussion is about AI risk.