Steve Omohundro, a computer scientist and physicist who specializes in how artificial intelligence will affect society, outlined the three basic drives most intelligent beings – which includes us as much as it does AI – will follow to achieve goals. The first of these is self-preservation. This is simple to understand. In order to achieve a goal, one must continue to exist. The second is efficiency. In order to maximize the chances of achieving a goal under any circumstance, an intelligent being will want to maximize the acquisition of useful resources. Finally, there is creativity. An
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