Why Would AI Want to do Bad Things? Instrumental Convergence
Robert Miles AI Safety · 6 HN recommendations
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Robert Miles explains instrumental convergence: why an AGI with almost any goal would tend to pursue sub-goals like self-preservation and resource acquisition. It builds on Omohundro's basic AI drives and his orthogonality thesis video.
Why HN recommends it: HN commenters repeatedly recommend it as the clearest introduction to why smart AI might behave badly by default.
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