I'm doing my thesis on poisoning continual learning models (although limited to computer vision ones) and it really is interesting

Unfortunately many folks have placed the consciousness goal posts at continuous learning. Such an advancement would be devastating for their conclusion.

>Continuous learning is exciting stuff!

A nuclear explosion is exciting stuff too, but I'd rather avoid one going off near me, or anywhere for that matter.

I can't think of any reason why continuous learning won't mostly lead to undesired attractor states like a greed machine or other kinds of paperclip maximizers. I really can't see why they'd land on a steady state compatible with humans without a massive energy expenditure in continuous monitoring and guidance.