Sure, but the stakes are embedded in U. The whole post would be simpler to just say “an AGI that can’t impact my utility is low stakes”. The partitioning of the universe only “works” if you don’t attempt to claim that U(left) is significant. To the extent that you CARE about what happens in that part of the universe, your utility is impacted by the AGI’s alignment or lack thereof.
Sure, but the stakes are embedded in U. The whole post would be simpler to just say “an AGI that can’t impact my utility is low stakes”. The partitioning of the universe only “works” if you don’t attempt to claim that U(left) is significant. To the extent that you CARE about what happens in that part of the universe, your utility is impacted by the AGI’s alignment or lack thereof.