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Chapter 7: Axioms in Machines
Machines have axioms too. This chapter translates the axiom-stack framework into the synthetic domain, showing how AI systems have architectural bedrock, objective functions that function as values, and learned weights that function as worldview. It introduces instrumental convergence, the Stop Button Problem, and the terrifying logic of pure optimisation. No consciousness required—just cold, coherent goal‑seeking.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Mar 2011 min read
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