Indeed, this is part of the nightmare. It might be a hoax,
Trivial (easily verifiable and so hardly ‘nightmare’ material).
or even an aspiring UnFriendly AI trying to use him as an escape loophole.
Part of the nightmare. Giving Eliezer easily verifiable yet hard to discover facts seems to be the only plausible mechanism for it work with him. Like the address of immediate uFAI threat.
It’s Dr. XXX’s group at Y University in a friendly but distant country. How do you verify this? They’re not going to talk to an outsider (without even any relevant academic credentials!) about their work, when they’re so close to completion and afraid of not being the first to create and publish AGI.
Trivial (easily verifiable and so hardly ‘nightmare’ material).
Part of the nightmare. Giving Eliezer easily verifiable yet hard to discover facts seems to be the only plausible mechanism for it work with him. Like the address of immediate uFAI threat.
It’s Dr. XXX’s group at Y University in a friendly but distant country. How do you verify this? They’re not going to talk to an outsider (without even any relevant academic credentials!) about their work, when they’re so close to completion and afraid of not being the first to create and publish AGI.
Well, as you suggest it isn’t by being nice. How much does an army of mercenary ninjas go for these days?
They charge double rates if summoned at 4AM without coffee...