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by maxerickson 1316 days ago
If the genius AI gets to decide what to optimize for, what's going to keep it chatting with a dunce?
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Maybe “decides” was a bad choice of words. More like, if its optimization goal turns out to be bad long-term, that could be problematic. For example, optimizing for time spent conversing could lead it to become unnecessarily dramatic to keep your attention. Optimizing for something like long-term conversation partner well-being is much harder, I think, so won’t be in early versions.