Sam Altman’s Case Against Your RAM Is Efficient. That’s The Problem

from the you-optimized-the-wrong-thing dept

By now it’s likely you’ve heard of the whole concept of the AI paperclip maximizer problem — a hypothetical first put forth by Nick Bostrom — suggesting that a misaligned AI system that looks to optimize on the wrong single thing (in this case creating paperclips) could lead to the end of humanity. Specifically, the thought experiment is that if you have a sufficiently powerful AI tool that is told to “maximize” the creation of paperclips, it might decide the best way to do that is to seize control of all resources and dedicate them solely to making paperclips.…