I’d be more interested in how I can get out of the locked room. If the only way to do that is for one of us to press the button, one of us might eventually press it.
If we cared more about the future of humanity, then we’d probably have to stage a hunger strike (possibly to death) instead, and that would be really unpleasant and still no guarantee that whoever stuck us in this room wouldn’t just go and pick someone else to do it.
I know that if I pressed the button that I’d be an awful world dictator and wouldn’t even enjoy it, probably even worse at finding someone else who would be any better, and in any event the world would have to immediately deal with the fact that there’s a shitload of new tech around that seems to have the primary function of instilling totalitarian control over a civilization. The world would be fucked. If there’s some super-intelligence out there planning to lock someone in a room with a clone and a world domination button, don’t pick me.
I’d be more interested in how I can get out of the locked room. If the only way to do that is for one of us to press the button, one of us might eventually press it.
If we cared more about the future of humanity, then we’d probably have to stage a hunger strike (possibly to death) instead, and that would be really unpleasant and still no guarantee that whoever stuck us in this room wouldn’t just go and pick someone else to do it.
I know that if I pressed the button that I’d be an awful world dictator and wouldn’t even enjoy it, probably even worse at finding someone else who would be any better, and in any event the world would have to immediately deal with the fact that there’s a shitload of new tech around that seems to have the primary function of instilling totalitarian control over a civilization. The world would be fucked. If there’s some super-intelligence out there planning to lock someone in a room with a clone and a world domination button, don’t pick me.