> > If a super-AI were reshaping the universe, it could reshape the
> > universe in such a way that from that point on, the dynamics of the
> > universe would be reasonably well predictable via compact approximative
> > models.  In fact this would probably be a clever thing to do, assuming
> > it could be done without sacrificing too much of the creative potential
> > of the universe...
>
> My guess is that, to make the universe a moderately predictable place,
> creativity would have to be kept at a very low level - with only
> creativity space
> for one super-AGI.  Trying to knock the unpredictability out of
> the universe
> could be engaging for a super-AGI (that was so inclined) for a
> while (given the
> resistance it would encounter). But I reckon the super-AGI might find a
> moderately predictable universe fairly unstimulating in the long run.
>
> Cheers, Philip

Well, you might be right.  But this comes down to you and me speculating
about the aesthetic preferences of a massively superhuman being, and I
really doubt the accuracy of either of our speculations in this regard ;-)

-- Ben


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