I think the example of humans militaries to ants is a bit flawed, for two main reasons.
1. Ants don’t build AGI—Humans don’t care about ants because they’re so uncoordinated in comparison, and can’t pose much of a threat. Humans can pose a significant threat to an ASI—building another ASI.
2. Ants don’t collect gold—Humans, unlike ants, control a lot of important resources. If every ant nest was built on a pile of gold, you can best believe humans would actively look for and kill ants. Not because we hate ants, but because we want their gold. An unaligned ASI will want our chip factories, our supply chains, bandwidth, etc. All of which we would be much better off keeping.
Humans are not living on anthills—AGI will be from earth. Imagine you spontaneously come into being on an an anthill with no immediate way of leaving. Suddenly making sure the ants don’t eat your food becomes much more interesting.
I think the example of humans militaries to ants is a bit flawed, for two main reasons.
1. Ants don’t build AGI—Humans don’t care about ants because they’re so uncoordinated in comparison, and can’t pose much of a threat. Humans can pose a significant threat to an ASI—building another ASI.
2. Ants don’t collect gold—Humans, unlike ants, control a lot of important resources. If every ant nest was built on a pile of gold, you can best believe humans would actively look for and kill ants. Not because we hate ants, but because we want their gold. An unaligned ASI will want our chip factories, our supply chains, bandwidth, etc. All of which we would be much better off keeping.
Adding to the line of reasoning.
Humans are not living on anthills—AGI will be from earth. Imagine you spontaneously come into being on an an anthill with no immediate way of leaving. Suddenly making sure the ants don’t eat your food becomes much more interesting.