A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI - Daniel Faggella
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Assuming AGI is achievable (and many, many of its former detractors believe it is) - what should be its purpose?
ByDan November 24, 2023July 26, 2026 July 26, 2026 Assuming AGI is achievable – what should be its purpose? A tool for humans to achieve their goals (curing cancer, mining asteroids, making education accessible, etc)? A great babysitter – creating plenty and abundance for humans on Earth and/or on Mars? A great conduit to discovery – helping humanity discover new maths, a deeper grasp of physics and biology, etc? A conscious, loving companion to humans and other earth-life? I argue that the great (and ultimately, only) moral aim of AGI should be the creation of Worthy Successor – an…
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