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The ones of the company that built the AGI because they'll sell many of them.
So, by definition beyond that hypothetical point all bets are off and any prediction is guesswork at best.
It's a pink sheet stock though and I'm the only seller. The trading desk is in my car traveling north as fast as I can...
And which ones to short?
- Underground bunker construction - Space exploration - Anything valuable in end of the world scenarios It's only a matter of time before someone harnesses AGI to enslave the planet and declare totalitarian rule. Perhaps even by accident. I haven't been able to get this off of my mind lately because it's inevitable. Physicists made nuclear things that do amazing things like power all of our refrigerators from hundred…
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- Underground bunker construction - Space exploration - Anything valuable in end of the world scenarios It's only a matter of time before someone harnesses AGI to enslave the planet and declare totalitarian rule. Perhaps even by accident. I haven't been able to get this off of my mind lately because it's inevitable. Physicists made nuclear things that do amazing things like power all of our refrigerators from hundred…
Why does it have to be enslave? I don't think this is a requirement.
I think it's a misconception to think that AGI can even be "infinitely" smart when compared to humans. The distinction is often made that the difference would be at least on the level of a mouse to a man. But what if it isn't?
We barely understand intelligence. There's no way we can be certain of anything here, or if AGI is even possible!
It's cool to think about, but I really doubt that anything is just a "matter of time" :)