Also, even assuming a “right” way of making obedient FAI is found (for example, one that warns you if you’re asking for something that might bite you in the ass later), there remains the problem of who is allowed to give orders to the AI. Power corrupts, etc.
r/Fitness does a weekly "Moronic Monday", a judgment-free thread where people can ask questions that they would ordinarily feel embarrassed for not knowing the answer to. I thought this seemed like a useful thing to have here - after all, the concepts discussed on LessWrong are probably at least a little harder to grasp than those of weightlifting. Plus, I have a few stupid questions of my own, so it doesn't seem unreasonable that other people might as well.