Eliezer has personally approved my project as “just cool science, at least for now”—not likely to lead to runaway intelligence any time soon, no matter how reckless I may be...
Also, if your thesis project is successful, it could (sort of) place an upper bound on how much computing power is needed for WBE, a piece of data that would be highly useful for thinking strategically about differential technological development.
Also, if your thesis project is successful, it could (sort of) place an upper bound on how much computing power is needed for WBE, a piece of data that would be highly useful for thinking strategically about differential technological development.