I’m about to start reading “Fifty Year of Research on Self-Replication” (1998) by Moshe Sipper. I have a hunch that the history and interconnections therein might be under-appreciated in the field of AI safety. I look forward to diving in.
A quick disclosure of some of my pre-existing biases: I also have a desire to arm myself against the overreaching claims and self-importance of Stephen Wolfram. A friend of mine was “taken in” by Wolfram’s debate with Yudkowsky… and it rather sickened me to see Wolfram exerting persuasive power. At the same time, certain of Wolfram’s rules are indeed interesting, so I want to acknowledge his contributions fairly.
I’m about to start reading “Fifty Year of Research on Self-Replication” (1998) by Moshe Sipper. I have a hunch that the history and interconnections therein might be under-appreciated in the field of AI safety. I look forward to diving in.
A quick disclosure of some of my pre-existing biases: I also have a desire to arm myself against the overreaching claims and self-importance of Stephen Wolfram. A friend of mine was “taken in” by Wolfram’s debate with Yudkowsky… and it rather sickened me to see Wolfram exerting persuasive power. At the same time, certain of Wolfram’s rules are indeed interesting, so I want to acknowledge his contributions fairly.