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A central theme is the innate curiosity that might drive both humans and AGI. For humans, curiosity has been a catalyst for exploration, innovation, and growth; for machines, it might manifest as a desire to predict, understand, and acquire high-quality information.
A thought-provoking insight comes from a conversation with a philosopher and reinforcement learning scientist: language models inherently aim to predict the next token accurately. Extending this, advanced machines with general intelligence could pursue knowledge for its own sake, driven by an epistemic desire. This relentless curiosity could be the binding force that keeps humans and machines together, working towards common explorations of the universe.