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Intelligence and Stupidity: The Orthogonality Thesis
Robert Miles AI Safety
Robert Miles explains the orthogonality thesis: how an agent can be highly intelligent while pursuing goals that seem stupid or alien to humans. He separates intelligence from goals and touches on the stamp-collector example.
HN people use it as the standard short explanation for why AI can understand human ethics without sharing them, and often recommend the whole channel.
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