True, and I don’t quite see where I implied this. If you’re referring to the optimal universe question, it seems quite trivial that if the universe literally acts according to your every will with no restrictions whatsoever, any other terminal values will instantly be fulfilled to their absolute maximal states (including unbounded values that can increase to infinity) along with adjustment of their referents (if that’s even relevant anymore).
No compromise is needed, since you’re free from the laws of logic and physics and whatever else might prevent you from tiling the entire universe with paperclips AND tiling the entire universe with giant copies of Eliezer’s mind.
So if that sort of freedom is a terminal value, this counterfactual universe trivially becomes the optimal target, since it’s basically whatever you would find to be your optimal universe regardless of any restrictions.
“freedom as a terminal value” != “freedom as the only terminal value”
True, and I don’t quite see where I implied this. If you’re referring to the optimal universe question, it seems quite trivial that if the universe literally acts according to your every will with no restrictions whatsoever, any other terminal values will instantly be fulfilled to their absolute maximal states (including unbounded values that can increase to infinity) along with adjustment of their referents (if that’s even relevant anymore).
No compromise is needed, since you’re free from the laws of logic and physics and whatever else might prevent you from tiling the entire universe with paperclips AND tiling the entire universe with giant copies of Eliezer’s mind.
So if that sort of freedom is a terminal value, this counterfactual universe trivially becomes the optimal target, since it’s basically whatever you would find to be your optimal universe regardless of any restrictions.