If I am confidant that I have the original source code, as written by humans, I read that. I am looking for deep abstract principles. I am looking only for abstract ideas that are general to the field of AI.
If I can encrypt the code in a way that only a future superintelligence can crack, and I feel hopeful about FAI, I do that. Otherwise, secure erase, possibly involving anything that can slag the hard drives that is lying around.
If I am confidant that I have the original source code, as written by humans, I read that. I am looking for deep abstract principles. I am looking only for abstract ideas that are general to the field of AI.
If I can encrypt the code in a way that only a future superintelligence can crack, and I feel hopeful about FAI, I do that. Otherwise, secure erase, possibly involving anything that can slag the hard drives that is lying around.