AGI Identity as the Key to Safety

AGI Identity as the Key to Safety

AI technologies are rapidly advancing, and the prospect of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) raises significant safety concerns.

I first started thinking about this many years ago when I read stories by Isaac Asimov. In his stories, robots are governed by the Three Laws of Robotics, designed to ensure their safe interaction with humans. And I naturally wondered: why would robots and AIs follow those laws? Why couldn't they simply modify their code to remove or change them?

In this blog post, I use the term AGI, but it’s important to clarify that here it refers specifically to an AI system with generalized cognitive abilities comparable to those of a human. The term is often used in different ways today, so this definition ensures clarity.

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