1. In my eyes, it is a low impact event, as its 3 stages unfold as: The vase is preserved, new Hitler is killed by the vase, human history didn’t change in much worse direction.
An alternative is: The vase is broken, new Hitler is saved by the vase, human history change in much worse direction.
2. I think that people think of low impact as of actions which have very small consequences outside given space-time (or other) limits. For example, a robot moves from A to B without breaking the vase.
3. From my point of view, the impact is a long-term effect on human history, measured according to our values. Minimising near-term impact doesn’t necessary mean minimising long term impact because of the “butterfly effect”, and this was the main idea of my comment.
1. In my eyes, it is a low impact event, as its 3 stages unfold as: The vase is preserved, new Hitler is killed by the vase, human history didn’t change in much worse direction.
An alternative is: The vase is broken, new Hitler is saved by the vase, human history change in much worse direction.
2. I think that people think of low impact as of actions which have very small consequences outside given space-time (or other) limits. For example, a robot moves from A to B without breaking the vase.
3. From my point of view, the impact is a long-term effect on human history, measured according to our values. Minimising near-term impact doesn’t necessary mean minimising long term impact because of the “butterfly effect”, and this was the main idea of my comment.