Suppose I see a 20% chance that 20% of the multiverse is covered by 100 deterministic universes such that each
allows life to evolve
can be simulated in this early history by a planet-sized computer
allows construction of a hypercomputer.
Then they could see what everyone does. I, having mastered this cosmos, could simulate them and see what I can prove about how they will use their hypercomputer. If they have something to trade with those like me, they might deliberately write an AI to control their hypercomputer, in order to make it easy for those like me to prove things. Suppose one alien race evolved to value diplomatic rituals and would like other universes to instantiate an ambassador of their race. Suppose “the portion of the multiverse that instantiates infinite happy humans” accounts for 20% of my utility function. Then I could construct an embassy for them so they will spin off an “infinite happy humans” thread, increasing my utility by ~1/100*0.2*0.2*0.2.
Hey, have you noticed how quantum computers appear to let us make an exponential number of timelines interact in ways such that certain agents across the multiverse might find that according to their evolved anthropic intuitions, universes with our lawset that construct the very largest quantum computers dominate their utility function? Convenient.
If they have something to trade with those like me, they might deliberately write an AI to control their hypercomputer, in order to make it easy for those like me to prove things.
But this takes us back to where we started. What could we offer them that they can’t make themselves, and what can they offer us that we can’t do ourselves?
Suppose I see a 20% chance that 20% of the multiverse is covered by 100 deterministic universes such that each
allows life to evolve
can be simulated in this early history by a planet-sized computer
allows construction of a hypercomputer.
Then they could see what everyone does. I, having mastered this cosmos, could simulate them and see what I can prove about how they will use their hypercomputer. If they have something to trade with those like me, they might deliberately write an AI to control their hypercomputer, in order to make it easy for those like me to prove things. Suppose one alien race evolved to value diplomatic rituals and would like other universes to instantiate an ambassador of their race. Suppose “the portion of the multiverse that instantiates infinite happy humans” accounts for 20% of my utility function. Then I could construct an embassy for them so they will spin off an “infinite happy humans” thread, increasing my utility by ~1/100*0.2*0.2*0.2.
Hey, have you noticed how quantum computers appear to let us make an exponential number of timelines interact in ways such that certain agents across the multiverse might find that according to their evolved anthropic intuitions, universes with our lawset that construct the very largest quantum computers dominate their utility function? Convenient.
But this takes us back to where we started. What could we offer them that they can’t make themselves, and what can they offer us that we can’t do ourselves?