I tend to agree. Unless it has specific values to the contrary, other AIs of power comparable to your own (or which might grow into such power one day) are too dangerous to leave running around. If you value states of the external universe, and you happen to be the first powerful AGI built, it’s natural to try to become a singleton as a preventative measure.
It’s certainly possible. My analysis so far is only on a “all else being equal” footing.
I do feel that, absent other data, the safer assumption is that if an AI is capable of becoming a singleton at all, expense (in terms of energy/matter and space or time) isn’t going to be the thing that stops it. But that may be just a cached thought because I’m used to thinking of an AI trying to become a singleton as a dangerous potential adversary. I would appreciate your insight.
As for values, certainly conflicting values can exist, from ones that mention the subject directly (“don’t move everyone to a simulation in a way they don’t notice” would close one obvious route) to ones that impinge upon it in unexpected ways (“no first strike against aliens” becomes “oops, an alien-built paperclipper just ate Jupiter from the inside out”).
I tend to agree. Unless it has specific values to the contrary, other AIs of power comparable to your own (or which might grow into such power one day) are too dangerous to leave running around. If you value states of the external universe, and you happen to be the first powerful AGI built, it’s natural to try to become a singleton as a preventative measure.
I feel like a cost-benefit analysis has gone on here, the internals of which I’m not privy to.
Shouldn’t it be possible that becoming a singleton is expensive and/or would conflict with one’s values?
It’s certainly possible. My analysis so far is only on a “all else being equal” footing.
I do feel that, absent other data, the safer assumption is that if an AI is capable of becoming a singleton at all, expense (in terms of energy/matter and space or time) isn’t going to be the thing that stops it. But that may be just a cached thought because I’m used to thinking of an AI trying to become a singleton as a dangerous potential adversary. I would appreciate your insight.
As for values, certainly conflicting values can exist, from ones that mention the subject directly (“don’t move everyone to a simulation in a way they don’t notice” would close one obvious route) to ones that impinge upon it in unexpected ways (“no first strike against aliens” becomes “oops, an alien-built paperclipper just ate Jupiter from the inside out”).