There are lots of arguments about how to test for general intelligence and I see debates about what thresholds count for generality, but it seems to me that a more interesting problem occurs after we attain a sufficient test for general intelligence — that the test becomes generally intelligent itself....
Maximizing paperclips is the de facto machine ethics / AI alignment meme. I showcase some practical problems with Nick Bostrom's paperclip thought experiment and posit that if we really tried to maximize paperclips in the universe we would have to sacrifice utility measurements as a result. Let's Start Making Paperclips...
I argue that there is a convergent axiological framework by which all intelligent life in the universe trends towards — that there is a universal-like account of the resource constraints, psychology, and game theory of all species across all worlds. I argue for this to help flesh out cross-disciplinary understandings...