jsteinhardt comments on Will the ems save us from the robots? - Less Wrong
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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.
One thing that humans commonly value is exerting power/influence over other humans.