I’m not sure if I’m in agreement with him, but it’s worth noting that Eliezer has stated on the podcast that he thinks that some (a good number of?) alien civilizations could develop AGI without going extinct. My understanding of his argument is that alien civilizations would be sufficiently biologically different from us to have ways around the problem that we do not possess.
From skimming this post it seems to me that this is probably also what @So8res thinks.
Right, but if you’re an alien civilization trying to be evil, you probably spread forever; if you’re trying to be nice, you also spread forever, but if you find a potentially life-bearing planet, you simulate it out (obviating the need for ancestor sims later). Or some such strategy. The point is there shouldn’t ever be a border facing nothing.
I’m not sure if I’m in agreement with him, but it’s worth noting that Eliezer has stated on the podcast that he thinks that some (a good number of?) alien civilizations could develop AGI without going extinct. My understanding of his argument is that alien civilizations would be sufficiently biologically different from us to have ways around the problem that we do not possess.
From skimming this post it seems to me that this is probably also what @So8res thinks.
Right, but if you’re an alien civilization trying to be evil, you probably spread forever; if you’re trying to be nice, you also spread forever, but if you find a potentially life-bearing planet, you simulate it out (obviating the need for ancestor sims later). Or some such strategy. The point is there shouldn’t ever be a border facing nothing.