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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Tools want to become agents - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 04 July 2014 10:12AM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 July 2014 01:18:07PM 0 points [-]

Because agency, given superintelligent AI, is a way of solving problems, possibly the most efficient, and possibly (for some difficult problems) the only solution.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 06 July 2014 02:49:03PM 2 points [-]

How are you defining agency?