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SilentCal comments on Superintelligence 7: Decisive strategic advantage - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Larks 01 December 2014 02:53:20AM 1 point [-]

Good point, but I think Bostrom's point about risk aversion does much to ameliorate it. If the US had had a 50% chance of securing global hegemonicy, and a 50% chance of destruction from such a move, it probably would not have done it. A non-risk-averse, non-deontological AI, on the other hands, with its eye on the light cone, might consider the gamble worthwhile.