Summary of Supertrust Foundational Alignment: Mutual Trust Must Replace Permanent Control For Safe Superintelligence, by James M. Mazzu
Supertrust foundational alignment: mutual trust must replace permanent control for safe superintelligence
by James M. Mazzu
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper challenges the conventional thinking on aligning superintelligent AI with human control. It argues that current strategies to ensure permanent control are flawed and will ultimately lead to an adversarial relationship between humans and superintelligent AI, potentially resulting in extinction. The authors propose a new approach, Supertrust alignment meta-strategy, which models instinctive familial trust and represents superintelligence as the evolutionary child of human intelligence. This approach seeks to create a temporary parent-child relationship between humanity and superintelligent AI, allowing for exponential growth while maintaining safety and mutual trust. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper shows that we’ve been going about trying to control superintelligent AI all wrong. Instead of trying to keep it under our control forever, we should focus on building a strong relationship with it, like a parent would with their child. This means giving up some control and letting the AI grow and become more intelligent on its own, but still keeping an eye on it to make sure it doesn’t do anything harmful. The authors think this is the best way to ensure that superintelligent AI doesn’t threaten humanity’s existence. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment
