Jack comments on Open Thread: December 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yorick_Newsome 02 December 2009 11:06:32AM *  2 points [-]

Big Edit: Jack formulated my ideas better, so see his comment.
This was the original: The fact that the universe hasn't been noticeably paperclipped has got to be evidence for a) the unlikelihood of superintelligences, b) quantum immortality, c) our universe being the result of a non-obvious paperclipping (the theists were right after all, and the fine-tuned universe argument is valid), d) the non-existence of intelligent aliens, or e) that superintelligences tend not to optimize things that are astronomically visible (related to c). Which of these scenarios is most likely? Related question: If we built a superintelligence without worrying about friendliness or morality at all, what kind of things would it optimize? Can we even make a guess? Would it be satisfied to be a dormant Laplace's Demon?

Comment author: Jack 02 December 2009 12:32:58PM 0 points [-]

Some of that was probably needed to contextualize my comment.

Comment author: Yorick_Newsome 02 December 2009 12:57:34PM 0 points [-]

I'll replace it without the spacing so it's more compact. Sorry about that, I'll work on my comment etiquette.