In the comments of https://mybrainsthoughts.com/?p=327, a discussion sprang up on goals and optimization that seems worth diving into further. That post covers some ideas on criminal justice and optimal sentencing approaches, and the idea that came up in the comments was using AI to optimize our laws, so as to take the human emotion out …
One important concept in data science is that of signal. Signal represents the ability of data to inform accurate predictions in the target domain; a dataset that can tell you more has more signal. For example, say you’re trying to predict the weather in New York for the next day (repeatedly). For the sake of …
The desire for control seems to be deeply rooted in the human psyche. We all seek control over our own lives, and oftentimes reach further and attempt to control the lives of others (generally, of those close to us, or those with a degree of control over us). Therefore, it comes as no surprise that …
In the artificial intelligence literature, it’s common to see researchers examining the question of “what is the right final goal to give an AGI (artificial general intelligence)”. Here, “final goal” means the ultimate task we want the system to achieve – for example, playing Go well (Alpha Go) or classifying images well (VGG19). Researchers frequently …
GPT-X, Paperclip Maximizer? An Analysis of AGI and Final Goals Read More »
From its inception, the field of artificial intelligence has separated program specification into two key concepts: “goals” and “intelligence”. The “goal” is the problem a program or agent must solve; “intelligence” is the means by which it solves it. For example, the goal might be to play chess, and the intelligence might be a neural …