Last I checked, you can get about 10x as much energy from burning a square meter of biosphere as you can get by collecting a square meter of sunlight for a day.
Even if this is true, it’s only because that square meter of biosphere has been accumulating solar energy over an extended period of time. Burning biofuel may help accelerate things in the short term, but it will always fall short of long-term sustainability. Of course, if humanity never makes it to the long-term, this is a moot point.
Disassembling us for parts seems likely to be easier than building all your infrastructure in a manner that’s robust to whatever superintelligence humanity coughs up second.
It seems to me that it would be even easier for the ASI to just destroy all human technological infrastructure rather than to kill/disassemble all humans. We’re not much different biologically from what we were 200,000 years ago, and I don’t think 8 billion cavemen could put together a rival superintelligence anytime soon. Of course, most of those 8 billion humans depend on a global supply chain for survival, so this outcome may be just as bad for the majority.
Even if this is true, it’s only because that square meter of biosphere has been accumulating solar energy over an extended period of time. Burning biofuel may help accelerate things in the short term, but it will always fall short of long-term sustainability. Of course, if humanity never makes it to the long-term, this is a moot point.
It seems to me that it would be even easier for the ASI to just destroy all human technological infrastructure rather than to kill/disassemble all humans. We’re not much different biologically from what we were 200,000 years ago, and I don’t think 8 billion cavemen could put together a rival superintelligence anytime soon. Of course, most of those 8 billion humans depend on a global supply chain for survival, so this outcome may be just as bad for the majority.
Yeah, but you might as well take the short-term boost from burning the biosphere and then put solar panels on top.
I agree, hence the “if humanity never makes it to the long-term, this is a moot point.”