Evolving Prosocial AI
From Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson’s Evolving Prosocial AI · reconstructed by AI
Question 3 of 6 · Pulling apart
Where do needs pull two ways?
Two needs that both serve one objective, and positions that rule each other out.
- Statements
- 10
- Connections
- 10
- Open questions
- 1
How to read it. Read from right to left: each position is held to meet a need, and both needs serve the objective on the left.
Conflict 1 of 2
Keep up, or avoid harm?
A firm building AI needs to keep up with rivals that optimise for engagement, and to avoid harming its users. The authors' answer is to change the institutions, not to ask for sacrifice.
Draws on Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document).
Assumptions under the arrows
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Within current institutions, designing for capability is a competitive handicap the market will not reward.
Assumed by AI assistant under conflicts with
Beyond this part · 2 links
- Optimise for engagement, as competitors do. addressed by Apply the core design principles to AI. The change
- Design for capability, even at a cost to engagement. addressed by Apply the core design principles to AI. The change
Conflict 2 of 2
Let it do the work, or keep the skill?
A person wants work done quickly and wants to keep their own capabilities. The authors describe living this tension themselves while writing the book.
Draws on Paul Atkins and David Sloan Wilson (document).
Assumptions under the arrows
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AI can only help by doing the work in the person's place.
Assumed by AI assistant under conflicts with
Beyond this part · 2 links
- Let AI complete the task. addressed by Design AI to scaffold thinking, not replace it. The change
- Do the thinking themselves. addressed by Design AI to scaffold thinking, not replace it. The change
Where this comes from
In the Logical Thinking Process this view is a conflict cloud, also called an evaporating cloud. How a commons works →