Since you’ve mentioned acausal trade, do you think it only works between ASI’s (as I’ve heard), or between ASI’s and humans as well?
Not sure what you mean by “works”. You can just not do it. Some agents will construe that as a bargaining position, and you can feel free to just say “okay have fun with that”. I don’t see how to productively acausally trade with ASIs, from my current vantage point. Seems better to just become stronger. If you imagine that a possible AI would threaten you to get you to give it more power instead of gaining your own strength, it’s not trying to bargain with you, it’s trying to disable you.
Not sure what you mean by “works”. You can just not do it. Some agents will construe that as a bargaining position, and you can feel free to just say “okay have fun with that”. I don’t see how to productively acausally trade with ASIs, from my current vantage point. Seems better to just become stronger. If you imagine that a possible AI would threaten you to get you to give it more power instead of gaining your own strength, it’s not trying to bargain with you, it’s trying to disable you.