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The Artificial Intelligence behind Self Preservation

An obscure vending machine-dispensed robotic assassin decides it doesn’t want to die. What motivates self-preservation?

Published July 18, 2022
Categorized as Artificial Intelligence Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Isaac Asimov, Objective Function, reinforcement learning, robotics, science fiction, Scud, Scud the disposable assassin, self-preservation

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