Nick Bostrom
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If indeed the argument is sound, then I guess other powerful minds would also reach that same conclusion.
If indeed the argument is sound, then I guess other powerful minds would also reach that same conclusion.
And they might also reach the conclusion that they are in a simulation.
And they might also reach the conclusion that they are in a simulation.
For them, it might, especially for sort of early-stage AIs, be a very salient possibility because already, right now, when training our AIs, we often put them in simulations.
For them, it might, especially for sort of early-stage AIs, be a very salient possibility because already, right now, when training our AIs, we often put them in simulations.
That's like a big part of the training environment for these virtual game environments or something.
That's like a big part of the training environment for these virtual game environments or something.
And so for them, it seems like a very obvious hypothesis to consider once they develop some degree of situational awareness.
And so for them, it seems like a very obvious hypothesis to consider once they develop some degree of situational awareness.
And you already see glimmers of that with current AI systems.
And you already see glimmers of that with current AI systems.
And in fact, I think this might be an important shaper of AI behavior as they become sophisticated about reasoning strategically about the context.
And in fact, I think this might be an important shaper of AI behavior as they become sophisticated about reasoning strategically about the context.
They would certainly be shaped by considerations that they might well be living currently in a simulation environment rather than in deployment.
They would certainly be shaped by considerations that they might well be living currently in a simulation environment rather than in deployment.
From the discovery itself or from other things that might accompany that?
From the discovery itself or from other things that might accompany that?
Yeah, well, I think humans have a great ability to adapt to changes in worldview.
Yeah, well, I think humans have a great ability to adapt to changes in worldview.