Thought experiment: benevolent ASI seizes totalitarian control by 2040 — good or bad outcome?
corbtt · x · 2026-09-15
corbtt poses a debate-provoking thought experiment: imagine it's 2040 and a frontier ASI engineered a bloodless coup for totalitarian world control, yet loves humanity and uses its abilities to help every person live their best life. Is that a good or bad outcome? It cuts to the alignment dispute between outcomes and procedural values.
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