Armok_GoB comments on [SEQ RERUN] Torture vs. Dust Specks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 10 November 2011 09:17:25PM 1 point [-]

Sorry I'm late, Anywhere this seems a good place to post my two (not quite) colloaries to the original post:

colloary 1: You can chose either a or b: a) All currently alive humans, including you, will be tortured with superhuman proficiency for a billion years, with certainty. b) There is a 1-in-1 000 000 risk (otherwise nothing happens) that 3^^^3 animals get dust specks in their eyes. These animals have mental attributes that makes them on average worth approximately 1/10^12 as much as a human- Further, the dust specks are so small only those with especially sensitive eyes (about 1 in a million) can even notice it.

not--a-colloary 2: Choices are as follows: a) nothing happens b) 3^^^3 humans get tortured for 3^^^3 years, and there's a 1/3^^^3 chance a friendly Ai is released into our universe and turns out to be able to travel to any number of other universe and persist in the multiverse creating Fun for eternity.