we could create aligned ASI by simulating the most intelligent and moral people
This is not an existence proof, because it does not take into account the difference in physical substrates.
Artificial General Intelligence would be artificial, by definition. In fact, what allows for the standardisation of hardware components is the fact that the (silicon) substrate is hard under human living temperatures and pressures. That allows for configurations to stay compartmentalised and stable.
Human “wetware” has a very different substrate. It’s a soup of bouncing organic molecules constantly reacting under living temperatures and pressures
This is not an existence proof, because it does not take into account the difference in physical substrates.
Artificial General Intelligence would be artificial, by definition. In fact, what allows for the standardisation of hardware components is the fact that the (silicon) substrate is hard under human living temperatures and pressures. That allows for configurations to stay compartmentalised and stable.
Human “wetware” has a very different substrate. It’s a soup of bouncing organic molecules constantly reacting under living temperatures and pressures
Here’s why the substrate distinction matters.