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AGI is a conscious intelligent alien. It will want things the same way we want things. Different things, certainly, but also some common ground is likely too.

The need for resources is expected to be universal for life.




For us the body and the parts of the brain for needs are there first - and the modern brain is in service to that. An AI is just the modern brain. Why would it need anything?


It’s an intelligent alien, probably; but let’s not pretend the hard problem of consciousness if solved.


The hard problem of consciousness is only hard when you look at it running on meat hardware. In a computer system we'll just go "that's the simulation it's executing currently" and admit avoid saying differences in consciousness exist.


What these guys are talking about is:

“intelligent alien might decide to kill us so we must kill them first”

vs “can you please cut out that clinical paranoia”


except we have so many companies is trying to create them.




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