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Libraries, universities; institutions which have shown themselves to be devoted to the public good over centuries.
by saulpw 17d ago
Libraries, universities; institutions which have shown themselves to be devoted to the public good over centuries.
- pixl97 17d agoAny of these institutions that inherits a hard power (well soft and hard power) of AGI/ASI will have a very difficult time not becoming corrupted. It would quickly become the greatest holder of power in the world (assuming ASI can scale far beyond humans). It's not a very natural state for power to operate like this and wouldn't take too much for a more malaligned entity to take control, or said institution to become the malaligned entity itself.
- saulpw 17d agoEven if they all become corrupt eventually, which one takes the longest to get there? Better to squeeze a few decades of decency out of it than a few years, or not get anything at all by handing it over directly to the already corrupted.