Answers.Body: <p>AI researcher Rob Miles uses the terms <strong>'terminal goal'</strong> and <strong>'instrumental goal'</strong> for the first and second types respectively. I'm not sure if these are standard parlance in the field, however Rob explains them in this video:</p>
  <p><a href="https://youtu.be/hEUO6pjwFOo?t=363" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/hEUO6pjwFOo?t=363</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: I LOVE Rob Miles! That's an underrated channel.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg
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Answers.Body: <p>Do you mean <a href="https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/strong-ai#toc-strong-ai--YaLcx8oG" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>weak AI</em> and <em>strong AI</em></a>?
  The former is roughly about pretending to be intelligent, ie do intelligent things, but without trying to work the same way an actually intelligent system would work. The latter attempts to replicate <em>how</em> an intelligent system works, so would require us to understand a lot more about cognition than if we just mocked up a quick little chatbot to try and compete the Turing Test.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I don't think the OP was referring to "weak AI vs strong AI" (but it's also possible). To me, it seems they are talking about "intermediate goals", "motivational goals" and "main goals" (I don't think this is standard terminology anyway) .
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Answers.Text: @nbro Yes, it's a bit of a vague question.
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Body: <p>I remember reading about two different types of goals for an intelligence. The gist was that the first type of goal is one that &quot;just is&quot; - it's an end goal for the system. There doesn't need to be any justification for wanting to achieve that goal, since wanting to do that is a fundamental purpose for that system. The second type of goal is a <em>stepping stone</em>, for lack of better words. Those aren't end goals in and of themselves, but they would help the system achieve its primary goals better.</p>
  <p>I've forgotten the names for these types of goals and Googling didn't help me much. Is there a standard definition for these different types of goals?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: goals are also important in Prolog like systems
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Title: What are the different types of goals for an AI system called?
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ThreadText: # What are the different types of goals for an AI system called?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-27)
  
  I remember reading about two different types of goals for an intelligence. The gist was that the first type of goal is one that "just is" - it's an end goal for the system. There doesn't need to be any justification for wanting to achieve that goal, since wanting to do that is a fundamental purpose for that system. The second type of goal is a *stepping stone*, for lack of better words. Those aren't end goals in and of themselves, but they would help the system achieve its primary goals better.
  
  I've forgotten the names for these types of goals and Googling didn't help me much. Is there a standard definition for these different types of goals?
  
  **Tags:** terminology, goal-based-agents
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  > **username_1**: goals are also important in Prolog like systems  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-08-17. Score: 3
  
  AI researcher Rob Miles uses the terms **'terminal goal'** and **'instrumental goal'** for the first and second types respectively. I'm not sure if these are standard parlance in the field, however Rob explains them in this video:
  
  <https://youtu.be/hEUO6pjwFOo?t=363>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I LOVE Rob Miles! That's an underrated channel.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-03-01. Score: 1
  
  Do you mean [*weak AI* and *strong AI*](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/strong-ai#toc-strong-ai--YaLcx8oG)?
  The former is roughly about pretending to be intelligent, ie do intelligent things, but without trying to work the same way an actually intelligent system would work. The latter attempts to replicate *how* an intelligent system works, so would require us to understand a lot more about cognition than if we just mocked up a quick little chatbot to try and compete the Turing Test.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: I don't think the OP was referring to "weak AI vs strong AI" (but it's also possible). To me, it seems they are talking about "intermediate goals", "motivational goals" and "main goals" (I don't think this is standard terminology anyway) .  
  > **username_4**: @nbro Yes, it's a bit of a vague question.  
  
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