Right; my point was just that the hypothetical superintelligence does not need to trade with humans if it can force them; therefore trade-related arguments are not relevant. However, it is of course likely that such a superintelligence would neither want to trade nor care enough about the production of humans to force them to do anything.
Ok, then I agree. As written, it read to me like you were closing by suggesting the AI would want to go for the “conqueror takes both” option instead of the “give the natives smallpox and drive them from their ancestral homes while committing genocide” option.
Right; my point was just that the hypothetical superintelligence does not need to trade with humans if it can force them; therefore trade-related arguments are not relevant. However, it is of course likely that such a superintelligence would neither want to trade nor care enough about the production of humans to force them to do anything.
Ok, then I agree. As written, it read to me like you were closing by suggesting the AI would want to go for the “conqueror takes both” option instead of the “give the natives smallpox and drive them from their ancestral homes while committing genocide” option.