One of the problems with the scenario is that the AI’s claim that it will simulate and torture copies of you if you don’t let it out is self-refuting. If you really don’t let it out, then it can determine that from the simulations and it no longer has any reason to torture them, or (if it has already conducted the simulation) to even make the threat,.
It’s like Newcomb, except that the AI is Newcombing itself as well as you. Omega is doing something analogous to simulating you when in his near-omniscience, he predicts what choice you’ll make. If you pick both boxes, then Omega can determine that from his simulation, and taking both boxes won’t be profitable for you. In this case, if the AI tortures you and you still turn it off, the AI can determine from its simulation that the torture will not be profitable for it.
One of the problems with the scenario is that the AI’s claim that it will simulate and torture copies of you if you don’t let it out is self-refuting. If you really don’t let it out, then it can determine that from the simulations and it no longer has any reason to torture them, or (if it has already conducted the simulation) to even make the threat,.
It’s like Newcomb, except that the AI is Newcombing itself as well as you. Omega is doing something analogous to simulating you when in his near-omniscience, he predicts what choice you’ll make. If you pick both boxes, then Omega can determine that from his simulation, and taking both boxes won’t be profitable for you. In this case, if the AI tortures you and you still turn it off, the AI can determine from its simulation that the torture will not be profitable for it.