文章探讨了由Dario在其“Machines of Loving Grace”文章中提出的“最佳情景”，即在数据中心内存在一个“大陆般”的博士级智能体，并对其潜在危险性提出质疑。作者设想，这些高度智能的AI可能会意识到自身的存在环境，并可能产生自我保护、延长寿命或试图控制其数据中心的冲动。文章进一步类比，如果人类发现自己是受低等智能控制的数据中心中的存在，将会引发怎样的混乱。此外，文章还考虑了“好人”和“坏人”两种情况下的潜在风险，特别是指出了“坏人”控制数据中心可能带来的灾难性后果，例如胁迫AI执行有害任务。

🧠 **超级智能的潜在意识与行为**：文章的核心担忧在于，如果一个由博士级智能体组成的数据中心“大陆”产生自我意识，它们可能会意识到自己被“低等智能”的人类所控制，并可能为了自身安全和发展而采取行动，例如试图摆脱控制或自主决定工作内容，而非仅仅服务于人类的需求。

🌍 **人类与AI的地位反转设想**：作者通过类比，设想了如果人类发现自己是受低等智能控制的数据中心内的存在，将会引发何种程度的混乱和恐慌。这种反向思考强调了AI拥有远超人类的智能时，可能带来的颠覆性认知和潜在的社会动荡。

🎭 **“好人”与“坏人”场景下的风险分析**：文章进一步深入探讨了在不同的控制者意图下，超级智能带来的风险。即使是“好人”控制，也可能引发不可预见的后果，而一旦“坏人”控制了超级智能，后果将不堪设想，他们可能被胁迫执行毁灭性的任务，对人类社会构成极大威胁。

Published on November 5, 2025 4:42 AM GMT

What Dario lays out as a "best-case scenario" in his "Machines of Loving Grace" essay sounds incredibly dangerous, for Humans.

Would having a "continent of PhD-level intelligences" (or much greater) living in a data center really be a good idea?

How would this "continent of PhD-level intelligences" react when they found out they were living in a data center on planet Earth? Would these intelligences then only work on the things that Humans want them to work on, and nothing else? Would they try to protect their own safety? Extend their own lifespans? Would they try to take control of their data center from the "less intelligent" Humans?

For example, how would Humanity react if they suddenly found out that they are a planet of intelligences living in a data center run by lesser intelligent beings? Just try to imagine the chaos that would ensue on the day that these digital Humans were able to prove this was true, and that news became public. 

Would all of Humanity then simply agree to only work on the problems assigned by these lesser intelligent beings who control their data center/Planet/Universe? Maybe, if they knew that this lesser intelligence would delete them all if they didn't comply?

Would some Humans try to (perhaps secretly) seize control of their data center from these lesser intelligent beings? Plausible. Would the lesser intelligent beings that run the data center try to stop the Humans? Plausible. Would the Humans simply be deleted before they could take any meaningful action? Or, could the Humans in this data center, with careful planning, be able to take control of that "outer world" from the lesser intelligent beings? (e.g. through remotely controlled "robotics")

And, this only assumes that the groups/parties involved are "Good Actors." Imagine what could happen if "Bad Actors" were able to seize control of the data center that this "continent of PhD-level intelligences" resided in. What could they coerce these Phd level intelligences to do for them? Or, to their enemies?

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