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The Basic AI Drives

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APA
(n.d.). The Basic AI Drives. https://selfawaresystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ai_drives_final.pdf
MLA
"The Basic AI Drives." n.d., https://selfawaresystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ai_drives_final.pdf.
BibTeX
@article{paperndthe,
  title = {The Basic AI Drives},
  year = {n.d.},
  url = {https://selfawaresystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ai_drives_final.pdf},
}

What it is

Paper by Stephen Omohundro (2008) arguing that sufficiently advanced goal-directed AI systems would tend to develop basic drives such as self-preservation, resource acquisition, and goal preservation, and discussing what those drives imply for designing safe AI. Hosted on the Self-Aware Systems site.

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