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What are examples of problems that were caused by intelligence, that couldn’t be solved with intelligence?

Like everyone, AI safety has been on my mind a lot lately. I was thinking about how most problems that are caused by intelligence in the world to-date seem to have always be solved by or have the potential to be soluble using more intelligence. While some problems can be...

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What are examples of problems that were caused by intelligence, that couldn’t be solved with intelligence?

Nov 10, 2022•1

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What are examples of problems that were caused by intelligence, that couldn’t be solved with intelligence?

Definitely true that many problems are far from solved - my question was more whether there are areas where there isn’t a path to a solution given more resources/attention/intelligence

What are examples of problems that were caused by intelligence, that couldn’t be solved with intelligence?

Peter O'Malley

While some problems can be massively lethal of course, this doesn’t seem to be the case with the problems that most applied AI safety today seeks to avoid. Rather, the prevalent approach seems to be safety by avoiding even small risks - like not letting a child play for fear it might scratch its knee. In taking this approach, it feels like we’ll almost certainly limit our... (read more)