Psychology
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1 week agoIs Emotional Regulation Effective Everywhere?
Emotional regulation involves actively managing emotions through suppression or reappraisal, influencing their emergence and impact on our lives.
From relatively harmless 'Existential Anxiety' to the potentially catastrophic 'Übermenschal Ascendancy', any of these machine mental illnesses could lead to AI escaping human control. As AI systems become more complex and gain the ability to reflect on themselves, scientists are concerned that their errors may go far beyond simple computer bugs. Instead, AIs might start to develop hallucinations, paranoid delusions, or even their own sets of goals that are completely misaligned with human values.