The danger of advanced artificial intelligence controlling its own feedback

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"What we now call the reinforcement learning problem was first considered in
1933 by the pathologist William Thompson. He wondered: if I have two
untested treatments and a population of patients, how should I assign
treatments in succession to cure the most patients?

"More generally, the reinforcement learning problem is about how to plan
your actions to best accrue rewards over the long term. The hitch is that,
to begin with, you're not sure how your actions affect …

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