“AI with a good prior should be able to tell whether it’s the kind of AI that would actually exist in base reality, or the kind of AI that would only exist in a simulation” seems pretty clearly false, we assumed that our superintelligent descendants create sims where the AIs can’t tell if it’s a sim, that seems easy enough. I don’t see why it would be hard to create AIs that can’t tell based on introspection whether it’s more likely that their thought process arises in reality or in sims. In the worst case, our sims can be literal reruns of biological evolution on physical planets (though we really need to figure out how to do that ethically). Nate seems to agree with me on this point?
(I think I agree with you. I wasn’t thinking super hard about the full context of the conversation. I was just intrigued by Nate’s challenge. I don’t really think engaging with my comment is going to be a good use of your time)
“AI with a good prior should be able to tell whether it’s the kind of AI that would actually exist in base reality, or the kind of AI that would only exist in a simulation” seems pretty clearly false, we assumed that our superintelligent descendants create sims where the AIs can’t tell if it’s a sim, that seems easy enough. I don’t see why it would be hard to create AIs that can’t tell based on introspection whether it’s more likely that their thought process arises in reality or in sims. In the worst case, our sims can be literal reruns of biological evolution on physical planets (though we really need to figure out how to do that ethically). Nate seems to agree with me on this point?
(I think I agree with you. I wasn’t thinking super hard about the full context of the conversation. I was just intrigued by Nate’s challenge. I don’t really think engaging with my comment is going to be a good use of your time)