Category: AI
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In Defense of AI safety Research
I am an effective altruist, so I’m naturally skeptical of schemes to improve the world that don’t have a lot of evidence behind them. I try to do a lot to support efforts to alleviate global poverty (mostly donating money). I like giving that way because I think it’s very certain that it will do…
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Functional Decomposition of AGI
Broad claim: There is not just one central problem of intelligence, not just one master algorithm. Instead, intelligence consists of solving distinct types of problems using distinct algorithms. By analyzing what types of problems are composite to intelligence, we can find algorithms that match those problems, and by composing those algorithms properly, we can construct…