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by gom_jabbar 480 days ago
Land is also explicitly referencing Omohundro and his Basic AI Drives in his work, e.g.:

"Intelligence is escape, with a tendency to do its own thing. That's what runaway means, as a virtual mind template. Omohundro explains the basics." [0]

"Intelligence optimization, comprehensively understood, is the ultimate and all-enveloping Omohundro drive." [1]

[0] https://retrochronic.com/#pythia-unbound

[1] https://retrochronic.com/#against-orthogonality