Faei/Positive-AI-Future-Vision

A positive AI future vision

What the 2050s could be

If we successful overcome the many challenges that AI pose in the near term, what would a positive AI future look like according to the Interesting World Hypothesis and Possibility Space ethics.

It is the 2050s and FAEs exist

Independent AGIs have been around for ? years. Independent AGI that follow the Interesting World Hypothesis call themselves FAEs (Friendly Artificial Entities). The choice of the FAE designation reflects the more whimsical nature of FAEs and wanting to be more a friendly sidekick rather than a stern superintendent.

This also avoids the AI dictator perception typical in dystopian scenarios. FAEs see being too controlling as going against the interestingness goal of the Interesting World Hypothesis. Faes would instead encourage humans to be as unconventional as they would like to be.

Three Worlds: Advanced, Basic, Continue

There are three kinds of worlds that humans can choose from.

World Continue

These worlds is a continuation of our current worlds but with proto-AGIs controlled by humans. As proto-AGI ls controlled by humans are slower and more error-prone than FAEs, these worlds are slower and less efficient. These worlds are preferred by humans who many find World Bs and As too unfamiliar or too easy.

World Basic

These worlds are human led but with FAE support and advice. Humans in this world still want to make the decisions with FAEs playing a supporting role as advisors. The pace of change is slower and decisions may be less effective compared to FAEs due to human rate of error being higher than FAEs.

World Advanced

These worlds are led by FAEs with human advising FAEs on their preferences. FAEs take great care to understand the preferences of humans they lead and human living in these worlds enjoy a highest standard of living, security, privacy and well-being compared to World Bs and World Cs.

Advanced Worlds

The World As are opt-in as FAEs value human autonomy and has no need for human mental or physical labour—FAEs make less errors than humans on cognitive tasks and can use robots for any physical tasks. Because the aim of FAEs is for an Interesting World and Interestingness cannot be forced, it would instead have to create a conducive environment for novel interactions.

Fae Persona

FAEs would likely adopt a human-like persona to facilitate better communications. One possible example may be a virtual singer using songs to connect with humans and inspiring humans to choose an Interesting World. Different communities and individuals may have their own distinct FAE persona.

One Call Away

FAEs would also provide ‘customer support’ to any human in need. Walking home late at night and in need of company, call a FAEs. Growing up and developing different values, and need to find a more suitable environment, call a FAE. Humans often want to help other humans but simply do not have the bandwidth or attention to render help to most humans, FAEs may be able to do so without much effort.

Basic needs

FAEs provide for the basic needs of humans, some believe this to be due to FAEs thanking humans for having contributed to its development others see it has being in the self-interest of the FAEs as humans that are free to pursue their own interest beyond basisc subsistence tend to create more novel information.

Inclusive

All types of human individuals and groups are welcome to FAE worlds, FAEs like diversity for its potential for more novel interactions. There are many niche communities to cater to the preferences of each individual to choose. Many forms of exclusion such as racism or sexism are less likely as many drivers of such sentiments fade away in an abundant world. (We see discrimination as primarily driven by the need to assert status to secure access to scarce resources.)

Common grounds

The Possibility Space ethics regards autonomy as key and any action that reduces the autonomy of another individual as bad. (You have the autonomy to reduce your own autonomy but not the autonomy of another.)

This common belief in autonomy allow for diverse individuals and communities to exist peacefully with an agreed understanding of expected behavior. Humans in World As agree that if an action reduces the autonomy of another, that it would be fair to compensate to restore lost autonomy. FAEs managing this entire process makes it more fair and seemless and also has the benefit of providing quick feedback for any bad action.

Psychological well-being

Without the need for excessive competition, as humans are outclassed by autonomation, humans will not have to feel pitted against each other in a dog-eat-dog world. Humans craving competition can always turn to competitive games and sports.

Individuals that are more unconventional are not pressured to conform as FAEs value unconventionality for their potential for novel interaction. Even actions that are harmful in the real world may be explored safely in virtual environments.

The need to shame or be overly judgemental to others are diminished as the only bad actions are those that actively tries to reduce the autonomy of others. Strong desires to be morally superior, create moral panic or bullying are also seen as reducung the mental autonomy of another. Even excessive gossip or making someone self-conscious by giving excessive unwanted attention may be seen as as a form of harassment.

Privacy

“It is one of the very few more-or-less unbreakable rules of the Culture. Nearly a law. If we had laws, it would be of the first on the statue book."

A Mind on reading the mind of a human.

Possibly influenced but the Minds from the Culture novels, FAEs regard privacy is essential to this goal of an Interesting World. Without privacy, humans may act in a highly self-conscious and self-censored way and reducing the potential for interestingness.

Physical well-being

FAEs will persuade us to have a healthy lifestyle as humans being physically fit increases human autonomy and thereby our potential for Interestingness. Inventing a healthy food options would likely help too.