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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

42 Post author: Costanza 29 December 2011 11:23PM

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Comment author: Ezekiel 30 December 2011 08:37:41PM 6 points [-]

If I understand it correctly, the FAI problem is basically about making an AI whose goals match those of humanity. But why does the AI need to have goals at all? Couldn't you just program a question-answering machine and then ask it to solve specific problems?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 December 2011 09:03:05PM 14 points [-]

This idea is called "Oracle AI"; see this post and its dependencies for some reasons why it's probably a bad idea.

Comment author: Ezekiel 30 December 2011 09:23:30PM 3 points [-]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.