Comment by Stuart LaForge (stuart-laforge) on AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities · 2022-07-31T07:17:42.938Z · LW · GW

I think best way to assure alignment, at least superficially is to hardwire the AGI to need humans. This could be as easy installing a biometric scanner that recognized a range of acceptable human biometrics that would in turn goose the error-function temporarily but wore off over the time like a Pac Man power pill. The idea is to get the AGI to need non-fungible human input to maintain optimal functionality, and for it to know that it needs such input. Almost like getting it addicted to human thumbs on its sensor. The key would be implement this at the most fundamental-level possible like  the boot sector or kernel so that the AGI cannot simply change the code without shutting itself down.

 

Stuart LaForge