This is one of the worst examples that I’ve ever seen. Why would a paperclip maximizer want to revive someone so they could see the great paperclip transformation? Doing so uses energy that could be allocated to producing paperclips, and paperclip maximizers don’t care about most human values, they care about paperclips.
I think the issue is that the dystopia we’re talking about here isn’t necessarily paperclip maximizer land, which isn’t really a dystopia in the conventional sense, as human society no longer exists in such cases. What if it’s I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream instead?
Yes, the paper clip reference wasn’t the only point I was trying to make; it was just a (failed) cherry on top. I mainly took issue with being revived in the common dystopian vision: constant states of warfare, violence, and so on. It simply isn’t possible, given that you need to keep refilling dewars with LN2 and so much more; in other words, the chain of care would be disrupted, and you would be dead long before they found a way to resuscitate you.
And that leaves basically only a sudden “I Have No Mouth” scenario; i.e. one day it’s sunny, Alcor is fondly taking care of your dewar, and then BAM! you’ve been resuscitated by that A.I. I guess I just find it unlikely that such an A.I. will say: “I will find Yvain, resuscitate him, and torture him.” It just seems like a waste of energy.
This is one of the worst examples that I’ve ever seen. Why would a paperclip maximizer want to revive someone so they could see the great paperclip transformation? Doing so uses energy that could be allocated to producing paperclips, and paperclip maximizers don’t care about most human values, they care about paperclips.
That was a point I was trying to make ;)
I should have ended off with (/sarcasm)
I think the issue is that the dystopia we’re talking about here isn’t necessarily paperclip maximizer land, which isn’t really a dystopia in the conventional sense, as human society no longer exists in such cases. What if it’s I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream instead?
Yes, the paper clip reference wasn’t the only point I was trying to make; it was just a (failed) cherry on top. I mainly took issue with being revived in the common dystopian vision: constant states of warfare, violence, and so on. It simply isn’t possible, given that you need to keep refilling dewars with LN2 and so much more; in other words, the chain of care would be disrupted, and you would be dead long before they found a way to resuscitate you.
And that leaves basically only a sudden “I Have No Mouth” scenario; i.e. one day it’s sunny, Alcor is fondly taking care of your dewar, and then BAM! you’ve been resuscitated by that A.I. I guess I just find it unlikely that such an A.I. will say: “I will find Yvain, resuscitate him, and torture him.” It just seems like a waste of energy.
Upvoted for making a comment that promotes paperclips.