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[[Eliezer]] has lots of terms to describe how intelligent/powerful/whatever an agent is.
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[[Eliezer]] has lots of terms to describe how intelligent/powerful/whatever an agent is. These were mostly introduced publicly in his [[Arbital]] writings, and most of them have not caught on or been explained very well.
  
 
* Relevant
 
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* highly optimized
 
* highly optimized
 
* cognitively powerful
 
* cognitively powerful
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* powerful (is this a shorthand for cognitively powerful?)
 
* relevant powerful [https://arbital.com/p/powerful_agent_highly_optimized/] = "cognitively powerful enough to be relevant to existential outcomes"
 
* relevant powerful [https://arbital.com/p/powerful_agent_highly_optimized/] = "cognitively powerful enough to be relevant to existential outcomes"
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* sufficiently advanced
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* advanced
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==See also==
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* [[Comparison of terms related to agency]]
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* [[Coherence and goal-directed agency discussion]]
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[[Category:AI safety]]

Latest revision as of 20:56, 26 March 2021

Eliezer has lots of terms to describe how intelligent/powerful/whatever an agent is. These were mostly introduced publicly in his Arbital writings, and most of them have not caught on or been explained very well.

  • Relevant
  • Pivotal (is this only for actions, or also for agents, as in "agent who can perform a pivotal action"?)
  • sufficiently optimized
  • highly optimized
  • cognitively powerful
  • powerful (is this a shorthand for cognitively powerful?)
  • relevant powerful [1] = "cognitively powerful enough to be relevant to existential outcomes"
  • sufficiently advanced
  • advanced

See also