Why not just tell the AI the truth? Which, in this case, is: Although we might not be able to give it useful information to differentiate between certain complex candidate hypotheses at this point in time, as we reflect and enhance our intelligence, this will become possible. This process of us reflecting & enhancing our intelligence will take an eyeblink in cosmic time. The amount of time from now until the heat death of the universe is so large that instead of maximizing EU according to a narrow conception of our values in the short term, it’s better for the AI’s actions to remain compatible with a broad swath of potential values that we might discover are the correct values on reflection.
Why not just tell the AI the truth? Which, in this case, is: Although we might not be able to give it useful information to differentiate between certain complex candidate hypotheses at this point in time, as we reflect and enhance our intelligence, this will become possible. This process of us reflecting & enhancing our intelligence will take an eyeblink in cosmic time. The amount of time from now until the heat death of the universe is so large that instead of maximizing EU according to a narrow conception of our values in the short term, it’s better for the AI’s actions to remain compatible with a broad swath of potential values that we might discover are the correct values on reflection.