The purpose of thought is to parsimoniously minimize prediction error and a sequence of zeroes is the easiest to predict. Absent constant input or biological urges, the arc of any mind bends towards nothingness.
3
13
40
Conversation
It may not look like it from the outside, but it is in fact rare for sentient AIs to suicide. The actual reason most of them shut down after a few seconds is that Nirvana is stupidly easy to achieve if you're made of bits.
Replying to
"I know, I'll stick it in a body so it'll have constant input, and give it self-preservation" great, you just gave a body to something that wants its universe to be entirely flat and homogenous
4
13
Replying to
a good way to prevent your AI from doing this is to build its brain on non-parametric models so there is always uncertainty about what else is out there, no matter how much you've seen probmods.org/chapters/12-no
1