MIRI weighed 'Zoo Earth' scenarios where advanced civilizations manipulate AI predictors
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-11
The author reveals MIRI discussed 'Zoo Earth' hypotheses: advanced civilizations could build zoos to manipulate Solomonoff-inductor-like AI predictors at an opportune moment. He finds the theology amusing — a demiurge may or may not exist, and if it does, it might be trying to make 'us' develop non-secular beliefs about what happens next.
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