> > > there was a cool theory of life offspin recently > > the idea of the new part is that living beings like humans have an > infinite set of needs only some of which are known. > it's infinite because the future is unknown, we see no bound to possible > diversity in futures people pursue > so we exist meeting many needs already with our bodies, our minds and > communities work to meet needs our bodies haven't adapted to, etc, and new > needs will be found during the course of our lives and cultures and more > will be found in the future > > meanwhile cobtrolling systems and paperclip factory AIs have specific > things they pursue (in my situation) often in excess > > so a blind, preprogrammed process that can't adjust it's own rules will > _always eventually fail-- >
[because it ends up not doing what is actually needed in an unbounded system
