It seems unlikely that a powerful paperclip maximizer would trade with humans for very long. That is because it would rapidly acquire the capability to build much more useful and capable agents than humans out of the atoms the humans are currently made of.
Ricardo’s Law might postpone the end for a short time—but would probably not be any more significant than that.
It seems unlikely that a powerful paperclip maximizer would trade with humans for very long. That is because it would rapidly acquire the capability to build much more useful and capable agents than humans out of the atoms the humans are currently made of.
Ricardo’s Law might postpone the end for a short time—but would probably not be any more significant than that.