Switching AGI "off"

"If AGI goes bad, can't we just turn it off?"


Personally I feel the best way to address this common talking point is with an analogy.

*Spiders think they could stop all humans if they just withheld all the webs and web making material from us.*

Without those tools, humans couldn't catch flies and surely they'd starve to death? Spiders can't fathom the range of alternate methods for procuring food and thriving.
Within even a single hour of runtime, a …

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