Control Problem Paper

Choose one of the following topics:

1) Consider Bostrom's arguments for capability control or motivation selection concerning an intelligence explosion in The Control Problem (The Bostrom excerpt from Superintelligence in our Google Readings folder.) Reconstruct and explain Bostrom's reasoning for his conclusion charitably and accurately. Then critically evaluate that argument according to the guidelines in How to Analyze a Philosophical Essay and in the Writing Guidelines.

2) Reconstruct and explain Stuart Russell's solution to the Control Problem in Human Compatible AI, chapters 7, 8, and 9. Critically evaluate the solution he's offered, paying attention to the various issues and dynamics of the control problem suggested by Omohundro and Bostrom in our earlier readings.. Follow the guidelines in How to Analyze a Philosophical Essay and in the Writing Guidelines.

Your paper is due by 11:59pm, Wednesday, March 25. It should be at least 800 words long. It should also conform to the Philosophy Department Writing Guidelines It should be free of spelling, grammar, and structure errors, and it should reflect improved writing quality from the Turing paper rewrite. The grading standards for papers will move up with each paper we write.