moridinamael comments on [SEQ RERUN] A Few Background Posts by Robin Hanson - Less Wrong

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Comment author: moridinamael 06 November 2012 08:47:37PM 4 points [-]

Relatedly, there have been numerous instances of individual humans taking over entire national governments by exploiting high-leverage, usually unethical, opportunities. A typical case involves a military general staging a coup or an elected leader legislating unlimited power unto himself. None of these instances look anything like firms competing for resources. Instead, we have single actors who are intelligent and opportunistic, unethical or morally atypicall, and risk-tolerant enough to accept the consequences of a failed coup.

A UFAI looks much more like a dictator than a firm.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 07 November 2012 05:57:22AM 0 points [-]

All those require the an least implicit cooperation of a lot of other people, e.g., the general's army.