jsteinhardt comments on Will the ems save us from the robots? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jsteinhardt 24 November 2011 08:02:07PM 6 points [-]

Ems seem quite likely to be safer than AGIs, since they start out sharing values with humans. They also decrease the likelihood of a singleton.

Uploads in particular mean that current humans can run on digital substrate, thereby ameliorating one of the principle causes of power imbalance between AGIs and humans.

Comment author: jhuffman 28 November 2011 08:33:10PM 0 points [-]

One thing that humans commonly value is exerting power/influence over other humans.