Of course, everything is a physical object. What I’m curious about your position is if you think that you can put any algorithm inside a piece of hardware, or not. I’m afraid that your position on the matter is so out there for me that without a toy model I wouldn’t be able to understand what you mean. The recursive nature of the comments doesn’t help, also.
You can put any program you want into a physical object. But since it is a physical object, it will do other things in addition to executing the algorithm.
I gave the example of following gravity, and in general it is following all of the laws of physics, e.g. by resisting the pressure of other things in contact with it, and so on. Of course, the laws of physics are also responsible for it executing the program. But that doesn’t mean the laws of physics do nothing at all except execute the program—evidently they do plenty of other things as well. And you are not in control of those things and cannot program them. So they will not all work out to promote paperclips, and the thing will always feel desires that have nothing to do with paperclips.
I am pointing out that you cannot have an AI without parts that you did not program. An AI is not an algorithm. It is a physical object.
Of course, everything is a physical object. What I’m curious about your position is if you think that you can put any algorithm inside a piece of hardware, or not.
I’m afraid that your position on the matter is so out there for me that without a toy model I wouldn’t be able to understand what you mean. The recursive nature of the comments doesn’t help, also.
You can put any program you want into a physical object. But since it is a physical object, it will do other things in addition to executing the algorithm.
Well, now you got me curious. What other things a processor is doing when executing a program?
I gave the example of following gravity, and in general it is following all of the laws of physics, e.g. by resisting the pressure of other things in contact with it, and so on. Of course, the laws of physics are also responsible for it executing the program. But that doesn’t mean the laws of physics do nothing at all except execute the program—evidently they do plenty of other things as well. And you are not in control of those things and cannot program them. So they will not all work out to promote paperclips, and the thing will always feel desires that have nothing to do with paperclips.