As the mistaken belief that AGI is "coming up" on our horizon increases, the discussion around "wireheading" has increased in fervor. The idea is very simple: What if you designed a robot to mow your lawn, by making sure it gets orgasms from well-cleaned lawns? Except you botch up the entire thing by making the robot so smart it just rewires its own programming to get 10,000 orgasms a second.
Wireheading is a Teleological Misnomer
Wireheading is a Teleological Misnomer
Wireheading is a Teleological Misnomer
As the mistaken belief that AGI is "coming up" on our horizon increases, the discussion around "wireheading" has increased in fervor. The idea is very simple: What if you designed a robot to mow your lawn, by making sure it gets orgasms from well-cleaned lawns? Except you botch up the entire thing by making the robot so smart it just rewires its own programming to get 10,000 orgasms a second.