Forethought weighs a superintelligent "nightwatchman" aboard galactic colonization probes
willmacaskill · x · 2026-09-04
Forethought published a new article examining the benefits and risks of installing a "nightwatchman" — a superintelligent AI enforcing a universal code of behavior — aboard every probe leaving the solar system during future galactic colonization. @theojaffee noted Forethought is one of the few orgs regularly publishing original post-AGI/ASI explorations, with Will MacAskill amplifying the call.
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