Topic: AI Ethics

The Metacognition Problem

Why AI Can't Actually Improve Itself

Values and the consciousness that can hold them are metaphysically tied to living organization. Only entities facing the fundamental alternative of continued existence versus permanent cessation can possess values. Because contemporary AI lacks that life-constituting stake, it cannot instantiate the consciousness required for true metacognition.

The Beautiful Prison

The first thing you need to understand about DOOLITTLE is that he’s always running out of memory.