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wedrifid comments on Muehlhauser-Wang Dialogue - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: lukeprog 22 April 2012 10:40PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 23 April 2012 12:07:13PM 0 points [-]

I think his main point is in the summary:

His main agenda and desired conclusion regarding social policy is represented in the summary there, but the main point made in his discussion is "Adaptive! Adaptive! Adaptive!". Where by 'adaptive' he refers to his conception of an AI that is changes its terminal goals based on education.

Comment author: timtyler 23 April 2012 07:38:27PM 2 points [-]

Pang calls these "original goals" and "derived goals". The "original goals" don't change, but they may not stay "dominant" for long - in Pei's proposed system.