Although mildly entertaining as sci-fi, the ‘argument’ in “That Alien Message” is juvenile. Even with a ridiculous net compute advantage, massive time dilation, completely unrealistic data efficiency advantages, the AI still needs a massive obvious easter egg notifying them they are in a simulation.
Simboxing is essential because it’s the only way we can safely test alignment designs. It’s not a last line of defense, it’s essential for any practical alignment scheme for actual DL based AGI.
Although mildly entertaining as sci-fi, the ‘argument’ in “That Alien Message” is juvenile. Even with a ridiculous net compute advantage, massive time dilation, completely unrealistic data efficiency advantages, the AI still needs a massive obvious easter egg notifying them they are in a simulation.
Simboxing is essential because it’s the only way we can safely test alignment designs. It’s not a last line of defense, it’s essential for any practical alignment scheme for actual DL based AGI.