eli_sennesh comments on Siren worlds and the perils of over-optimised search - Less Wrong
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We don't quite know that, and there's also the matter of whether Omega is deliberately optimizing those people or they're just reacting to Omega's optimizing the inanimate world (which I would judge to be acceptable and, yes, unavoidable).
It is an interesting question, though, and illustrates the challenges with "liberty" as a concept in these circumstances.
Well yes. It's also why many people have argued in favor of Really Powerful Optimizers just... doing absolutely nothing.
That I don't see.