As you are reading this, doing the best you can to survive the Pandemic, consider...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a pretty good model for AGI, as there are ~500 people working together to provide the best possible management for China as it attempts to interact as well as possible with the rest of the world. A rising tide usually floats all boats, but China perceived an advantage to restrict information about COVID-19 to inflict it on the rest of the world, which is consistent with their internal manual *Unconventional Warfare*, which details LOTS of dirty tricks you might expect an AGI to employ as it seeks its goals. This manual is a REALLY scary read. Why would anyone expect an AGI to be any "friendlier" than the CCP? Why wouldn't anyone expect an AGI to be even nastier? This dirty deed WILL work for the CCP - unless worldwide revulsion costs the CCP even more. I doubt whether an AGI would greatly consider feelings that run counter to profit. We may all be paying dearly for not reigning in the CCP long ago - and we might end up paying more if we turn an AGI loose on the world - for exactly the SAME reasons. Thoughts? *Steve Richfield* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tf065676fd779dd5c-M6196be8edc10d64e236a812b Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
