PhilGoetz comments on Hacking the CEV for Fun and Profit - Less Wrong
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Simple solution: Build an FAI to optimize the universe to your own utility function instead of humanity's average utility function. They will be nearly the same thing anyway (remember, you were tempted to have the FAI use the average human utility function instead, so clearly, you sincerely care about other people's wishes). And in weird situations in which the two are radically different (like this one), your own utility function more closely tracks the intended purpose of an FAI.
Besides, the purpose of CEV is to extrapolate the volition humanity would have if it were more intelligent - and since you just created the first AI, you are clearly the most intelligent person in the world (not that you didn't already know that). Therefore, using your own current utility function is an even better approximation than trying to extrapolate humanity's volition to your own level of intelligence!