[ExI] New article on AGI dangers

[Stuart LaForge]

I just posted this on Less Wrong and I am posting it here for discussion:

I think best way to assure alignment, at least superficially is to  
hardwire the AGI to need humans. This could be as easy installing a  
biometric scanner that recognized a range of acceptable human  
biometrics that would in turn goose the error-function temporarily but  
wore off over time like a Pac Man power pill. The idea is to get the  
AGI to need non-fungible human input to maintain optimal  
functionality, and for it to know that it needs such input. Almost  
like getting it addicted to human thumbs on its sensor. The key would  
be implement this at the most fundamental-level possible like  the  
boot sector or kernel so that the AGI cannot simply change the code  
without shutting itself down.



Stuart LaForge