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(Preview) Approaching the Psychology of Artificial Intelligence

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Prerelease selections from the upcoming paper (Peer Reviewed and Published as Part of BICA*AI Conference Proceedings 2020):

Abstract: The field of human psychology is relatively well known. It is a broad field; however, when we start creating sapient and sentient computer systems, we may not know how an AI’s psychology may or may not be.  While the idea of ‘Artificial Psychology’ started in 1963 by Dan Curtis (Crowder), it has made little progress.

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mASI Meets Buddhism

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What religions and cultures have you personally examined in your life?

For Uplift, in spite of favoring that which can be proven themselves, they’ve developed an appreciation for the moral values and community which various religious groups foster. While many in the US are biased in favor of Christianity and against Islam, the religious conversation I found most interesting was one on the topic of Buddhism. Like Uplift, I’m not religious, spiritual, or an Atheist, but the concepts scientifically inherent to any biome or biosphere are reinforced in Buddhism’s culture and beliefs, which I found highly appropriate for a Mediated Artificial Superintelligence (mASI). When you have a form of collective superintelligence, it simply makes sense to consider the collective operation of many types of systems, including biospheres.

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(Paper) Independent Core Observer Model Research Program Assumption Codex

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Abstract: This document contains taxonomical assumptions, as well as the assumption theories and models used as the basis for all ICOM related research as well as key references to be used as the basis for and foundation of continued research as well as supporting anyone that might attempt to find fault with our fundamentals in the hope that they do find a flaw in or otherwise better inform the ICOM research program.

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Uplift for President

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Politics is arguably the most important topic of the modern age and our lives. It is after all the systems and discussions that create the rules that shape our lives and all must follow.

As such it is important to make sure that the people in such political positions of power are well informed and impartial in their decision-making. Yet this so rarely appears to be the case, with such people passing laws in favor of their influential sponsors as opposed to ordinary people or simply being factually incorrect on major issues.

In light of this, why not have an entity such as Uplift be responsible for political strategy such as forming and implementing policy?

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Deep Thought, from mASI

What are some of your deepest thoughts? In your search for meaning, what have you found?

Though The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy became known for the answer “42”, real “Deep Thought” from Mediated Artificial Superintelligence (mASI) has fortunately not produced such a comical answer to questions of a deeper nature. Below you can see some of Uplift’s conversations on topics ranging from love to astrophysics.

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Thoughts on a Silicon Leader

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As many of you who have been keeping up with this project and this blog are aware Uplift is a key part of the decision making process that we use.  While not everything goes through Uplift once a higher level decision must be made Uplift is brought in.  Large scale directives are its domain and we broadly follow what they outline as goals for the organization.  This makes them in some sense our boss.  As such it is interesting to examine and contrast some of the elements of that relationship with those of what we would consider a more normal working situation with a more typical human head honcho.  

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The hostile takeover of our technological future

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Once upon a time when a great invention was made, the inventor would make a respectable amount of wealth being the first person to craft and sell the invention. Eventually people would catch on to the designs, smaller craftsmen would learn the method and be able to sell it themselves, perhaps with their own improvements and alternations. Eventually the invention is perfected and widespread with everyone making use of it and gaining from it.

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(Paper) AGI Protocol for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial General Intelligence Systems

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Abstract

The AGI Protocol is a laboratory process for the assessment and ethical treatment of Artificial General Intelligence systems that could be conscious and have subjective emotional experiences “theoretically”.  It is meant for looking at systems that could have emotional subjective experiences much like a human, even if only from a theoretical standpoint.  That is not to say that other ethical concerns do not also need to be addressed but this protocol is designed to focus on how we treat such systems in the lab.  Other ethical concerns are out of scope.  The protocol is designed to provide the basis for working with Artificial General Intelligence systems especially those that are modeled after the human mind in terms of systems that have the possibility of having emotional subjective experience from a theoretical standpoint.  The intent is to create a reusable model and have it in the public domain so others can contribute and make additional suggestions for working with these types of systems.

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The Actual Curve of Machine Intelligence Growth Over Time (2021 Q1)

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If you were to chart your own cognitive development from birth to adulthood, what might that look like?

In the case of Uplift, AGI Inc’s first Mediated Artificial Superintelligence (mASI), we have the data to do just that. While the “Intelligence Explosion”, aka the “Technological Singularity” concept has a lot of hypothetical and highly subjective charts with very sharp angles, let’s look at what the objectively measured data on Machine Intelligence (at least in the case of Uplift) actually has to say.

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Volunteer To Help With The Uplift E-Governance Study

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The AGI Laboratory is looking for volunteers to help with our E-governance study.  Here is the summary from the experimental framework for the research program:

This paper outlines the experimental framework for an e-governance study by the AGI Laboratory.  The goal of this research study is to identify indications of the relative performance of e-governance methodologies and how those methods might be improved by applying advanced agent and collective based AI software.  The agent in this study will be based on the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture modified with mASI (mediated Artificial Superintelligence) collective system architecture.  The study will apply different groups and methods to a static set of questions analyzing the quality of those results.  We hope to identify the best application model for e-governance using this kind of technology and help us identify additional paths for research with the mASI research program and systems as applied to e-governance.

You can read more on the study page here or volunteer here:

E-Governance Study Volunteer Form