258 | Solo: AI Thinks Different
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Relationship Between AI and Human Values in Making Paperclips
An AI taking over the world and converting everything to paperclips may be a concern, but instructing an AI to make paperclips does not define its values. Values are not simply instructions that must be followed, but are shaped by the long history of human evolution. This aligns with the idea of moral constructivism, which asserts that morals are not objective or arbitrary, but are constructed by humans for specific reasons.
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