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SilentCal comments on High impact from low impact - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 17 April 2015 04:01PM

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Comment author: SilentCal 22 April 2015 08:05:12PM 0 points [-]

You'd better be sure the AI doesn't have any options with dire long-term consequences that asteroid impact would prevent.

"I'll just start a Ponzi scheme to buy more computing hardware. To keep my impact low, I'll only market to people who won't want to withdraw anything before the asteroid hits, and who would just be saving the money anyway."

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 23 April 2015 09:18:54AM 0 points [-]

Yes, there are always issues like these :-) It's not a general solution.