Suppose an AGI sovereign models the preferences of its citizens using the assumption of normative reductionism. Then it might cover up its past evil actions because it reasons that once all evidence of them is gone, they cannot have an adverse effect on present utility.
Well, yes. Once all evidence (including any impact or detectable difference in the state of the universe) is gone, it CANNOT have a further adverse effect on utility.
Suppose an AGI sovereign models the preferences of its citizens using the assumption of normative reductionism. Then it might cover up its past evil actions because it reasons that once all evidence of them is gone, they cannot have an adverse effect on present utility.
Well, yes. Once all evidence (including any impact or detectable difference in the state of the universe) is gone, it CANNOT have a further adverse effect on utility.