If AI is actually impossible, then trying to design a friendly AI is a waste of time
No, if our current evidence suggests that AI is impossible, and does so sufficiently strongly to outweigh the large downside of a negative singularity, then trying to design a freindly AI is a waste of time.
Even if it turns out that your house doesn’t burn down, buying insurance wasn’t necessarily a bad idea. What is important is how likely it looked beforehand, and the relative costs of the outcomes.
No, if our current evidence suggests that AI is impossible, and does so sufficiently strongly to outweigh the large downside of a negative singularity, then trying to design a freindly AI is a waste of time.
Even if it turns out that your house doesn’t burn down, buying insurance wasn’t necessarily a bad idea. What is important is how likely it looked beforehand, and the relative costs of the outcomes.