> Why would it want or not want anything, if it doesn't have a pleasure construct
Why does a calculator want to add, without a pleasure construct? If it doesn't enjoy giving the right answer to 2 + 3, what motivates it to choose 5? The answer is it doesn't necessarily 'want' to do it, it just does it. That was how it was programmed.
You program the AI to choose the plan that maximises the expected utility function. Someone looking at that AI in action might suppose it 'wants' to maximise the utility function. Whether they'd be right to suppose that is a question for the philosophers, but the point is, the thing doesn't just sit there apathetically just because it has no 'motivation construct'. You could say that the AI follows its programming, but it would be more accurate to say the AI is its programming.
Why does a calculator want to add, without a pleasure construct? If it doesn't enjoy giving the right answer to 2 + 3, what motivates it to choose 5? The answer is it doesn't necessarily 'want' to do it, it just does it. That was how it was programmed.
You program the AI to choose the plan that maximises the expected utility function. Someone looking at that AI in action might suppose it 'wants' to maximise the utility function. Whether they'd be right to suppose that is a question for the philosophers, but the point is, the thing doesn't just sit there apathetically just because it has no 'motivation construct'. You could say that the AI follows its programming, but it would be more accurate to say the AI is its programming.