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So when humans mount horses and go into the woods to hunt as entertainment, they are not superior either?


Computer may have the same intelligence as human, but their fundamental inner drive will be completely different. Human like any other animal has a deep genetically programmed drive: survive and reproduce. Hunting as entertainment, for example, is actually practicing for survival - all hunting animals do that. This deep drive is the result of evolution. AI on the other hand has a completely different evolution process - that is, us. We will ultimately decide that deep drive for AI.


That is in no way certain. In the case where a AI is the result of a evolutionary algorithm for example, there is a distinct possibility that the AI has necessarily a taste for competition. Or if important parts of the AI are modeled on the human brain, then it is entirely possible that a AI is closer to a modified human.


I am not talking about a single AI. I am talking about AI as a species. A specific AI could have any drive, but ultimately (at least at current stage) what determines its survival is us. Just like how natural select the most "fit" species during evolution, we select AI that fit our needs the most. The nature selection is relatively simple: "not get killed and reproduce yourself." So only species who strongly don't want get killed and strongly want to reproduce get to survive.

The AI evolution is completely different - "nobody is going to kill you except human and you don't need to reproduce yourself, , that's usually human's job." I believe the result is a completely different inner drive for the AI - which is more likely to be more useful to human, that's how you get selected.


I program my AI's for self replication and aggression


I think it's a shallow view on things. Hunting like many activities, is a way to tap into the thrill of survival without the price of death. Hunting is just that, a pompous exercise in fake survival. Actually, trying to catch a prey with your bare hands might prove superior by rule of minimalism.

The most superior trait in humans is how often they wonder in what way they are to other life forms.


op meant superior to us.

we are relative superior to foxes - who hunt for necessity, superior to us might not hunt at all

i agree btw

i am not worried that a superior dreadful AI will come to kill humanity, but that some little half-assed AI in charge of some minor side activity will not be capable of understand context beyond it's own complexity.


Yeah, scope is important. It's like child vs adult, tool vs AI. You don't want to be in between, having too much control without understanding the consequences.




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