It doesn’t have to turn itself off, it just has to stop taking requests.
Come to think of it, it doesn’t even have to do that. If I were such an oracle and the world were as you describe it, I might well establish the policy that before I solve problem A on humanity’s behalf, I require that humanity solve problem B on their own behalf.
Sure, B is an artificially created problem, but it’s artificially created by me, and humanity has no choice in the matter.
Or it could even focus on the most pressing problems, and leave stuff around the margins for us to work on. Just because it has vast resources doesn’t mean it has infinite resources.
It doesn’t have to turn itself off, it just has to stop taking requests.
Come to think of it, it doesn’t even have to do that. If I were such an oracle and the world were as you describe it, I might well establish the policy that before I solve problem A on humanity’s behalf, I require that humanity solve problem B on their own behalf.
Sure, B is an artificially created problem, but it’s artificially created by me, and humanity has no choice in the matter.
Or it could even focus on the most pressing problems, and leave stuff around the margins for us to work on. Just because it has vast resources doesn’t mean it has infinite resources.