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Comment author: jsalvatier 24 August 2014 06:17:13PM 3 points [-]

Narrow AI can be dangerous too is an interesting idea, but I don't think this is very convincing. I think you've accidentally snuck in some things not inside its narrow domain. In this scenario the AI has to model the actual population, including the quantity of the population, which doesn't seem too relevant. Also, it seems unlikely that people would use reducing absolute number of deaths as the goal function as opposed to chance of death for those already alive.