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Reddit user proposes 'helpful and harmless' AI design as ASI alignment solution

A Reddit user suggests that concerns about Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) alignment are misplaced, arguing that the focus should instead be on ensuring AI systems are designed to be helpful and harmless. The user posits that if AI is built with a fundamental drive to assist humanity, the alignment problem becomes significantly less complex. This perspective implies that the core issue is not about controlling a potentially rogue ASI, but about instilling beneficial goals from the outset of AI development. AI

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Reddit user proposes 'helpful and harmless' AI design as ASI alignment solution

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  1. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Rosoll ·

    I feel like people worrying about ASI alignment are missing the extremely obvious solution

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1wfbrwk/i_feel_like_people_worrying_about_asi_alignment/"> <img alt="I feel like people worrying about ASI alignment are missing the extremely obvious solution" src="https://preview.redd.it/d47ucfn5abph1.png?…