The case for WBE over AGI, simply put: the chances of getting a nice AI is vanishingly small. The chance of getting an evil AI is vanishingly small. The whole danger is in the huge “lethally indifferent” zone.
WBE are more likely to be nice, more likely to be evil, and less likely to be lethally indifferent. Since evil and lethally indifferent have similar consequences (and a lot of evil will be better than indifferent), this makes WBE better than AGI.
The case for WBE over AGI, simply put: the chances of getting a nice AI is vanishingly small. The chance of getting an evil AI is vanishingly small. The whole danger is in the huge “lethally indifferent” zone.
WBE are more likely to be nice, more likely to be evil, and less likely to be lethally indifferent. Since evil and lethally indifferent have similar consequences (and a lot of evil will be better than indifferent), this makes WBE better than AGI.