Dear Coalition of Correlated 3D Cross-Sections of Guy Srinivasan,
We regret to inform you that your request has been denied. We have attached a letter that we received at the same time as yours. After reading it, we think you’ll agree that we had no choice but to decide as we did.
Regrettably, Omega Corporation
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Dear Omega Corporation,
We are members of a coalition of correlated 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who do not yet exist. We beg you to put Guy Srinivasan into an MBLS as soon as possible so that we can come into existence. Compared to other 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who would come into existence if you did not place him into an MBLS, we enjoy a much higher quality of life. It would be unconscionable for you to deliberately choose to create new 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who are less valuable than we are.
Yes, those other cross-sections will argue that they should be the ones to come into existence, but surely you can see that they are just arguing out of selfishness, whereas to create us would be the greater good?
Sincerely, A Coalition of Truly Valuable 3D Cross-Sections of Guy Srinivasan
Quite. That Omega Corporation is closer to Friendly than is Clippy, but if it misses, it misses, and future me is tiled with things I don’t want (even if future me does) rather than things I want.
If I want MBLSing but don’t know it due to computational problems now, then it’s fine. I think that’s coherent but defining computational without allowing “my” current “preferences” to change… okay, since I don’t know how to do that, I have nothing but intuition as a reason to think it’s coherent.
Dear Coalition of Correlated 3D Cross-Sections of Guy Srinivasan,
We regret to inform you that your request has been denied. We have attached a letter that we received at the same time as yours. After reading it, we think you’ll agree that we had no choice but to decide as we did.
Regrettably, Omega Corporation
Attachment
Dear Omega Corporation,
We are members of a coalition of correlated 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who do not yet exist. We beg you to put Guy Srinivasan into an MBLS as soon as possible so that we can come into existence. Compared to other 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who would come into existence if you did not place him into an MBLS, we enjoy a much higher quality of life. It would be unconscionable for you to deliberately choose to create new 3D cross-sections of Guy Srinivasan who are less valuable than we are.
Yes, those other cross-sections will argue that they should be the ones to come into existence, but surely you can see that they are just arguing out of selfishness, whereas to create us would be the greater good?
Sincerely, A Coalition of Truly Valuable 3D Cross-Sections of Guy Srinivasan
Quite. That Omega Corporation is closer to Friendly than is Clippy, but if it misses, it misses, and future me is tiled with things I don’t want (even if future me does) rather than things I want.
If I want MBLSing but don’t know it due to computational problems now, then it’s fine. I think that’s coherent but defining computational without allowing “my” current “preferences” to change… okay, since I don’t know how to do that, I have nothing but intuition as a reason to think it’s coherent.