Comment by PeterC on Naive Hypotheses on AI Alignment · 2022-11-03T14:16:33.706Z · LW · GW

Enjoyed this. 

Overall, I think that framing AI alignment as a problem is ... erm .. problematic. The best parts of my existence as a human do not feel like the constant framing and resolution of problems. Rather they are filled with flow, curiosity, wonder, love.

I think we have to look in another direction, than trying to formulate and solve the "problems" of flow, curiosity, wonder, love. I have no simple answer - and stating a simple answer in language would reveal that there was a problem, a category, that could "solve" AI and human alignment problems. 

I keep looking for interesting ideas - and find yours among the most fascinating to date.

Comment by PeterC on Naive Hypotheses on AI Alignment · 2022-11-03T14:08:44.902Z · LW · GW

I believe that cognitive neuroscience has nothing much to say about how any experience at all is implemented in the brain - but I just read this book which has some interesting ideas: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/how-emotions-are-made/