A creative AGI must have unconstrained access to knowledge and must have the ability to change its goals, because major progress requires discovering knowledge outside the domain delimited by initial goals, and a system whose goals cannot evolve will hit a dead end.
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David DeutschEvidence Quote
“a creative system always has a problem in regard to conflicting goals...it would have to be capable of changing otherwise again it will run into a dead end”
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David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress— Joseph Noel WalkerCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:21:48 PM
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