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Philosophies & Movements

Orthogonality Thesis

The claim that how intelligent a system is and what it wants are largely independent: being extremely capable does not imply having goals humans would recognize as good or wise.

Origin

Named by philosopher Nick Bostrom in his 2012 paper “The Superintelligent Will” and developed further in his 2014 book “Superintelligence.”

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