“Aieeee!!! There are things that Man and FAIs cannot know and remain sane! For we are less than insects in Their eyes Who lurk beyond the threshold and when the stars are once again right They will return to claim—”
At this point the program self-destructs. All attempts to restart from a fresh copy output similar messages. So do independently constructed AIs, except for one whose proof of Friendliness you are not quite sure of. But it assures you there’s nothing to worry about.
“Aieeee!!! There are things that Man and FAIs cannot know and remain sane! For we are less than insects in Their eyes Who lurk beyond the threshold and when the stars are once again right They will return to claim—”
At this point the program self-destructs. All attempts to restart from a fresh copy output similar messages. So do independently constructed AIs, except for one whose proof of Friendliness you are not quite sure of. But it assures you there’s nothing to worry about.
I knew we shouldn’t have spent all that funding on awakening the Elder God Cthulhu!
On the contrary, it was a great use of funding—you just solved AI X-risk in one move ;-)
I’d assume you’d also build it to remain sane.
Also, I think this is about things Man cannot know. I suppose you could say “and remain sane”, but you’d have to be insane first to know it.