At the moment, in order for a Creator/FAI team to win (assuming you’re sticking with Diplomacy mechanics) they first >have to collect 18 supply centres between them and then have the AI transfer all its control back to the human; I don’t >think even the friendliest of AIs would willingly rebox itself like that.
This is exactly what I had in mind. :) It should be harder for FAI to win than for UFAI to win, since FAI are more constrained. I think it is quite plausible that one of the safety measures people would try to implement in a FAI is “Whatever else you do, don’t kill us all; keep us alive and give us control over you in the long run. No apocalypse-then-utopia for you! We don’t trust you that much, and besides we are selfish.” Hence the FAI having to protect the supply centers of the human, and give over its own supply centers to the human eventually.
Why wouldn’t it give over its supply centers to the human? It has to do that to win! I don’t think it will hurt it too much, since it can make sure all the enemies are thoroughly trounced before beginning to cede supply centers.
This is exactly what I had in mind. :) It should be harder for FAI to win than for UFAI to win, since FAI are more constrained. I think it is quite plausible that one of the safety measures people would try to implement in a FAI is “Whatever else you do, don’t kill us all; keep us alive and give us control over you in the long run. No apocalypse-then-utopia for you! We don’t trust you that much, and besides we are selfish.” Hence the FAI having to protect the supply centers of the human, and give over its own supply centers to the human eventually.
Why wouldn’t it give over its supply centers to the human? It has to do that to win! I don’t think it will hurt it too much, since it can make sure all the enemies are thoroughly trounced before beginning to cede supply centers.