I did post the following on one of the threads, which suggested to me a way in which it would happen or at least get started
Again, apologies if this idea is nuts or just won’t work. However, if true, it did strike me as increasing the chance of a simulation hypothesis. (It gives powerful TDT AIs a motivation to simulate as many civilizations as they can, and in a “state of nature”, so that they get to see what the utility functions are like, and how likely they are to also build TDT-implementing AIs...)
Thanks for this… Glad it’s not being censored!
I did post the following on one of the threads, which suggested to me a way in which it would happen or at least get started
Again, apologies if this idea is nuts or just won’t work. However, if true, it did strike me as increasing the chance of a simulation hypothesis. (It gives powerful TDT AIs a motivation to simulate as many civilizations as they can, and in a “state of nature”, so that they get to see what the utility functions are like, and how likely they are to also build TDT-implementing AIs...)
It was censored, though there’s a short excerpt here.
By the way, I still can’t stop thinking about that post after 6 months. I think it’s my favorite wild-idea scenario I’ve ever heard of.