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The Basic AI Drives
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(n.d.). The Basic AI Drives. https://selfawaresystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ai_drives_final.pdf
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"The Basic AI Drives." n.d., https://selfawaresystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ai_drives_final.pdf.
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@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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