It seems unlikely that an AGI would know enough to be able to perform experiments potentially leading to a false vacuum collapse while also not being aware of that possibility.
While I think the scenario I described is very unlikely, it nonetheless remains a possibility.
More specifically—that there might be a simpler theory of physics that explains all “naturally” occurring conditions (in a contemporary particle accelerator, in a black hole, quasar, supernova, etc.), but doesn’t predict the possibility of false vacuum in some unnatural conditions that may be created by AGI, while a more complicated theory of physics does.
If AGI prefers a simpler theory, that may cause it to create a false vacuum decay.
It seems unlikely that an AGI would know enough to be able to perform experiments potentially leading to a false vacuum collapse while also not being aware of that possibility.
While I think the scenario I described is very unlikely, it nonetheless remains a possibility.
More specifically—that there might be a simpler theory of physics that explains all “naturally” occurring conditions (in a contemporary particle accelerator, in a black hole, quasar, supernova, etc.), but doesn’t predict the possibility of false vacuum in some unnatural conditions that may be created by AGI, while a more complicated theory of physics does.
If AGI prefers a simpler theory, that may cause it to create a false vacuum decay.