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Comment author: latanius 11 January 2013 02:53:13AM 0 points [-]

AIs that can't be described by attributing goals to them don't really seem too powerful (after all, intelligence is about making the world going into some direction; this is the only property that tells apart an AGI from a rock).

Comment author: OrphanWilde 11 January 2013 08:59:01PM 1 point [-]

Evolution and capitalism are both non-goal-oriented, extremely powerful intelligences. Goals are only one form of motivators.