If we take a universe with two galaxies, let each be ruled by an AI which does not want its galaxy to influence the other, and let the remainder of the goal specification be drawn from one distribution, would you prefer them drawing independently to them drawing the same?
Put another way, would you prefer a 2p chance of one galaxy full of humans to a p chance at two galaxies full of humans?
I don’t have a strong opinion about that. But I don’t think it’s the same as the version with different Everett branches, because different Everett branches can’t interact with each other (and different galaxies can and will, regardless of how much AIs try to stop it).
If we take a universe with two galaxies, let each be ruled by an AI which does not want its galaxy to influence the other, and let the remainder of the goal specification be drawn from one distribution, would you prefer them drawing independently to them drawing the same?
Put another way, would you prefer a 2p chance of one galaxy full of humans to a p chance at two galaxies full of humans?
I don’t have a strong opinion about that. But I don’t think it’s the same as the version with different Everett branches, because different Everett branches can’t interact with each other (and different galaxies can and will, regardless of how much AIs try to stop it).