Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sun Oct 01 2000 - 23:03:51 MDT


Hal Finney asks,

> What do we really want an AI to do? We need to clarify our own thoughts
> and ideas on the matter to have any hope of telling it what we want.

What breeders of AI might what it to do:
# Create machines with even higher levels of AI, so that they'll be ever more
useful.
# Solve difficult problems
# Answer complex questions

--J. R.

"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems
is just as dumb as the next guy." -- Richard Feynman



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