We're Not Platonists, We've Just Learned The Bitter Lesson
Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jeremiah Prophet
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Show Notes
Machine Alignment Monday, 7/24/23
Intelligence explosion arguments don't require Platonism. They just require intelligence to exist in the normal fuzzy way that all concepts exist.
First, I'll describe what the normal way concepts exist is. I'll have succeeded if I convince you that claims using the word "intelligence" are coherent and potentially true.
Second, I'll argue, based on humans and animals, that these coherent-and-potentially-true things are actually true.
Third, I'll argue that so far this has been the most fruitful way to think about AI, and people who try to think about it differently make worse AIs.
Finally, I'll argue this is sufficient for ideas of "intelligence explosion" to be coherent.
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/were-not-platonists-weve-just-learned