Don’t the mountain of posts on optimization pressure explain why ending with “U3 was up a queen and was a giga-grandmaster and hardly needed the advantage. Humanity was predictably toast” is actually sufficient? In other words, doesn’t someone who understands all the posts on optimization pressure not need the rest of the story after the “U3 was up a queen” part to understand that the AIs could actually take over?
If you disagree, then what do you think the story offers that makes it a helpful concrete example for people who both are skeptical that AIs can take over and already understand the posts on optimization pressure?
I think it’s hard to explain in the narrative, and there is plenty to point to that explains it—but on reflection I admit that it’s not sufficiently clear for those who are skeptical.
Why do you think that?
Don’t the mountain of posts on optimization pressure explain why ending with “U3 was up a queen and was a giga-grandmaster and hardly needed the advantage. Humanity was predictably toast” is actually sufficient? In other words, doesn’t someone who understands all the posts on optimization pressure not need the rest of the story after the “U3 was up a queen” part to understand that the AIs could actually take over?
If you disagree, then what do you think the story offers that makes it a helpful concrete example for people who both are skeptical that AIs can take over and already understand the posts on optimization pressure?
I think it’s hard to explain in the narrative, and there is plenty to point to that explains it—but on reflection I admit that it’s not sufficiently clear for those who are skeptical.