I know that they’re probably human, probably more competent than our current observed rulers (and thus are rational enough to realize they needed to prevent X-risks, at the very least, and likely other Important Things), and are currently engaged in saving the world.
So I don’t actually know nothing about their goals and values, and what I do know seems promising. Heck, if we could actually pull it off, I can see someone with my exact goals and values behaving in precisely this manner.
Of course, they might be aliens. They might actually be quite incompetent and easily uncovered, having succeeded through luck and collective apathy. And they might have some amazingly stupid other reason for suppressing dangerous technological advancements. But the prior seems relatively low.
If all you know is that some unknown entity holds back technological progress, your conclusion seem unjustified. This entity might as well be preparing the humanity for a culling and doesn’t want to prey to kick too much.
I know that they’re probably human, probably more competent than our current observed rulers (and thus are rational enough to realize they needed to prevent X-risks, at the very least, and likely other Important Things), and are currently engaged in saving the world.
So I don’t actually know nothing about their goals and values, and what I do know seems promising. Heck, if we could actually pull it off, I can see someone with my exact goals and values behaving in precisely this manner.
Of course, they might be aliens. They might actually be quite incompetent and easily uncovered, having succeeded through luck and collective apathy. And they might have some amazingly stupid other reason for suppressing dangerous technological advancements. But the prior seems relatively low.
If all you know is that some unknown entity holds back technological progress, your conclusion seem unjustified. This entity might as well be preparing the humanity for a culling and doesn’t want to prey to kick too much.