Larks comments on The Friendly AI Game - Less Wrong

38 Post author: bentarm 15 March 2011 04:45PM

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Comment author: Larks 15 March 2011 11:36:59PM 1 point [-]

Well, I'm sure

"Send 1,000,000 bitcoins to the SIAI account"

would work too.

Comment author: Manfred 16 March 2011 01:48:38AM *  2 points [-]

If the AI has any sense of urgency, e.g. has any data suggesting that it may be shut down as time passes, it will have to move fast to do all these computations before being shut down. Depending on the local conditions this could range from "a few supercomputers get trashed, no biggie" to "local conditions now consist of computer."

Comment author: wedrifid 16 March 2011 04:02:45AM 3 points [-]

If the AI has any sense of urgency, e.g. has any data suggesting that it may be shut down as time passes, it will have to move fast to do all these computations before being shut down.

The rate of bitcoin creation is a constant, not something that can be rushed. Creating more computing power to mine just ensures a greater slice of the coins as they are created. This means the AI would have to resort to other (probably more dangerous) means of acquiring wealth.

Comment author: Manfred 16 March 2011 04:59:21AM 3 points [-]

Oh, oops.