Hmm, surely whether it's dangerous depends on how we evaluate the Experience Machine scenario?
Nozick's Experience Machine is becoming real, in slow motion with demographic heterogeneity, as young men opt out of the real world in favor of video games. (Aside: perhaps that means _Reader Player One_ is dangerous, for idealizing this lifestyle):http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2016/article/video-killed-radio-star …
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Every human in the machine is one less soldier in the war to survive our vast and pitiless universe.
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Yes, exactly. By all means, go in after we've won. That's why I think having compelling narratives that inspire people with the potential to fight is important and why I think this approach is interesting:https://intelligence.org/intelligence-in-fiction/ …
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FWIW, I think MIRI's claims about how intelligence works are more likely wrong than right, and I'm beyond terrified of their pushing ahead to enact specific proposals based on these key claims being true with no thought for how this affects the possible worlds where they're not.
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