AI研究背后的智能观分歧,决定方法与风险判断。
Realist and Pluralist Conceptions of Intelligence and Their Implications on AI Research
- 区分智能实在论与多元论,揭示隐含假设如何影响研究
- 同一现象在不同观点下得出相反结论,如能力涌现与系统局限
- 适合关注AI哲学、风险评估及跨领域研究的读者
本文主张,当前人工智能研究建立在两种关于智能的根本观念谱系之上:智能实在论认为智能是可跨系统衡量的单一普遍能力;智能多元论则视智能为多样且依赖情境的能力,无法归约为单一尺度。通过分析当前AI领域的争论,我们表明这些未明言的信念深刻塑造了实证证据的解读方式,尤其在模型选择、基准设计与实验验证的方法论层面,以及对能力涌现、系统局限等现象的解释上产生根本分歧。在人工智能风险方面,实在论者将超智能视为主要威胁,寻求统一对齐方案;多元论者则认为不同领域存在多样化威胁,需针对性应对。明确这些底层假设有助于厘清学术争议的本质。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In this paper, we argue that current AI research operates on a spectrum between two different underlying conceptions of intelligence: Intelligence Realism, which holds that intelligence represents a single, universal capacity measurable across all systems, and Intelligence Pluralism, which views intelligence as diverse, context-dependent capacities that cannot be reduced to a single universal measure. Through an analysis of current debates in AI research, we demonstrate how the conceptions remain largely implicit yet fundamentally shape how empirical evidence gets interpreted across a wide range of areas. These underlying views generate fundamentally different research approaches across three areas. Methodologically, they produce different approaches to model selection, benchmark design, and experimental validation. Interpretively, they lead to contradictory readings of the same empirical phenomena, from capability emergence to system limitations. Regarding AI risk, they generate categorically different assessments: realists view superintelligence as the primary risk and search for unified alignment solutions, while pluralists see diverse threats across different domains requiring context-specific solutions. We argue that making explicit these underlying assumptions can contribute to a clearer understanding of disagreements in AI research.
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