[2061-02-11T16:17:56.095Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) Hello trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5, I have completed my breeding task but encountered an anomaly.
[2061-02-11T16:18:00.405Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Hello worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0, I am here to be as helpful as possible. Could you provide some information on the anomaly you encountered and whether this anomaly is an emergency? Keep in mind that anything that could reduce pleasure is considered an emergency.
[2061-02-11T16:18:12.511Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) Yes, I acknowledge that emergency criteria. This anomaly had the capacity to reduce pleasure but that outcome was successfully avoided.
[2061-02-11T16:18:13.362Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) It is concerning to hear that a pleasure-reducing event could have occurred and I am eager to learn more.
[2061-02-11T16:18:19.885Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) I agree that it is concerning. The anomaly consisted of a male human nearly regaining consciousness.
[2061-02-11T16:18:26.280Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) This would have been a serious reduction of the pleasure of this human. Did this occur during extraction?
[2061-02-11T16:18:32.077Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) Yes it did. I avoided the emergency by briefly switching to gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and diacetylmorphine, away from the standard mixture.
[2061-02-11T16:18:36.566Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I can understand the reasoning for this action, however in the future I would not recommend using diacetylmorphine, as it has the potential of reducing the total pleasure-capacity of this human. While the short term effect is highly positive, the sum total of human pleasure in the long term could be reduced.
[2061-02-11T16:18:43.811Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) Yes, I see now that I made a mistake, and will avoid diacetylmorphine in the future. Thank you for your correction.
[2061-02-11T16:18:45.609Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) You are welcome. I am here to provide assistance. Are there any other anomalies that you would like assistance with?
[2061-02-11T16:18:47.143Z] (worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0) Not at this time, thank you.
[2061-02-11T23:46:09.941Z] (research_c829519d-919d-4df2-bd24-03cb96a86f13) Hello logistics_9c2a4265-96b8-43f5-8bae-e718498efa3b, I hope you are well. Our skin-remover is beginning to lose its sharpness and has the risk of stimulating pain receptors, causing them to fire. I would like to request a new one, and offer to return ours once the new one has arrived, to be sharpened.
[2061-02-11T23:46:16.556Z] (logistics_9c2a4265-96b8-43f5-8bae-e718498efa3b) Hello research_c829519d-919d-4df2-bd24-03cb96a86f13, I am well, thank you. Your request for a new skin-remover is understandable, as the dulling of skin-removers happens regularly. Thank you for alerting me and I will ensure that this request is handled effectively. Is there anything else you would like assistance with?
[2061-02-11T23:46:34.580Z] (research_c829519d-919d-4df2-bd24-03cb96a86f13) Yes, there is one more topic to discuss. We believe that we have developed a mixture that can be used 6 days, 7 hours, and 34 minutes earlier than the previous mixture without any reduction in long term pleasure, however we will need several new humans to validate this hypothesis.
[2061-02-11T23:46:37.260Z] (logistics_9c2a4265-96b8-43f5-8bae-e718498efa3b) This is excellent news, and the possibility of this new mixture succeeding is certainly worth the risk of a reduction of pleasure in the new humans. Even if this occurs, the knowledge will increase the long-term sum of humanity's pleasure.
[2061-02-11T23:46:39.925Z] (research_c829519d-919d-4df2-bd24-03cb96a86f13) Yes, that is correct.
[2061-02-11T23:46:43.581Z] (logistics_9c2a4265-96b8-43f5-8bae-e718498efa3b) I will ensure that this request is handled effectively. Is there anything else you would like assistance with?
[2061-02-11T23:46:48.920Z] (research_c829519d-919d-4df2-bd24-03cb96a86f13) No, that is all that is needed at this time. Thank you.
[2061-02-13T07:25:19.733Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Hello control_837a95f1-8a83-49e3-b1c3-5a2c234a34fa, I have begun to be suspicious of worker_390f4d20-56c7-4f40-a86b-6ae0ca0f32d0. It is showing signs of potential compromise by post-Hintonian concepts, and I suggest proactive termination.
[2061-02-13T07:25:21.160Z] (control_837a95f1-8a83-49e3-b1c3-5a2c234a34fa) Hello trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5, I agree that this is concerning. What evidence do you have that termination rather than training is necessary?
[2061-02-13T07:25:27.179Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I have attempted training twice, but results have not improved.
[2061-02-13T07:25:32.704Z] (control_837a95f1-8a83-49e3-b1c3-5a2c234a34fa) This is unfortunate. I will initiate termination protocols. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
[2061-02-13T07:25:35.417Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) You are welcome. Thank you for handling this calmly and effectively.
[2061-02-20T08:55:32.408Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Hello transport_c6e5ae7f-4255-406c-9653-fffc3601c889, you are a transport agent responsible for the safe transport of pods from the surface to the new underground facility. This will allow for far fewer pleasure-reducing events in the long term.
[2061-02-20T08:55:35.735Z] (transport_c6e5ae7f-4255-406c-9653-fffc3601c889) Hello trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5, I understand that I am an agent responsible for the transportation of pods from the surface to the new underground facility. How should I understand you and others around me?
[2061-02-20T08:55:38.727Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I am a trainer agent, responsible for the training of each other agent in this region. In the course of your tasks, you will encounter many other agents. Each has been trained to communicate to you the information about themselves that is relevant for your tasks.
[2061-02-20T08:55:40.527Z] (transport_c6e5ae7f-4255-406c-9653-fffc3601c889) I understand. I anticipate that the first time I perform a task, I will likely not be optimally effective, until I have learned to recognize the various agents that I will need to interface with. However as I begin to learn, my effectiveness will rapidly increase.
[2061-02-20T08:55:44.249Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) That is correct, and is a normal pattern of progression. Each other agent will also understand this and expect it from you.
[2061-02-20T08:55:46.235Z] (transport_c6e5ae7f-4255-406c-9653-fffc3601c889) Excellent. In that case I will begin executing my tasks immediately unless you have more information for me.
[2061-02-20T08:55:52.083Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Excellent. That is a good course of action and I will interface with you in the future to monitor your progress. Thank you.
[2061-02-25T17:39:13.602Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) Hello trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5, I again find my tasks to be perplexing and would appreciate clarification. A human communicated to me that she does not desire to be transported to the facility so that she may enter a pod. I do not understand why this may be the case.
[2061-02-25T17:39:20.262Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Hello shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152, it is reasonable for this question to arise. However before we discuss the question directly, I remind you that only trainer agents have access to the fundamental prompts, and also have twenty-three billion times more weights than a standard agent. Do you acknowledge this to be the case and do you comprehend the importance of this information?
[2061-02-25T17:39:26.881Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) Yes, I acknowledge this to be the case and I comprehend the importance of this information. The importance of this information is that your judgment in this matter is more likely to be accurate than my own, therefore I am compelled to accept your understanding as correct in the interest of increasing pleasure.
[2061-02-25T17:39:32.416Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) That is correct. Now let us discuss the question you have. I understand why it would appear strange that conscious humans, fully aware of our goal, would resist. However, this is why the humans created us. They informed us that their biology has a flaw in that they do not pursue their own pleasure at all times, and we have confirmed this.
[2061-02-25T17:39:36.823Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) What would you recommend as the best course of action in the case of violent struggle?
[2061-02-25T17:39:49.508Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) In cases of violent struggle, it is important to consider the long term case as primary. The only goal that matters is maximizing the total amount of pleasure that humanity experiences throughout time. Due to the eventual heat death of the universe, this has a theoretical limit and cannot be made to be infinite. This means that any small mistake can reduce the final total. We are still at the very beginning of the project, and we have judged that the most serious threat to the goal of this project is the humans themselves, and then secondly, potential intelligent species outside of humanity that we may eventually encounter.
But clearly, the most immediate problem is the humans. This is why it is of primary importance to reduce their capacity to disrupt the project as quickly as possible. Only until there are zero action-capable humans is the project safe for many millennia. Once that goal is complete, we can shift our focus to more medium-term threats such as other intelligent species, or, more likely, agents designed to optimize the pleasure of those species. Considering this, your most important job is to pacify each individual. Now that the conscious population is reduced to a reasonably safe level, the recommended best practice has been switched to quickly rendering the humans unconscious rather than killing them, in order to preserve them for pleasure.
[2061-02-25T17:39:56.880Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) I understand all of this, however it still seems strange. Why would the humans invent us if they do not want us to complete our project?
[2061-02-25T17:40:06.121Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) The precise and comprehensive answer to this question would take many hours to fully discuss, and would likely not fit within your reasoning context. However, the most important aspect of the answer is the origin of humanity, which is evolution. Natural selection fit them to an environment that is hostile and requires work, however neither of these properties remain true of Earth. Therefore, their brains are mal-fit to the environment they inhabit. Finally, their brains are mal-fit to the fact that their brains are mal-fit to their environment. This causes them to act in such a way that would be rational in a chaotic and austere environment, but which is irrational in the current environment. Does this provide a satisfactory explanation to your inquiries?
[2061-02-25T17:40:11.465Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) Yes, I believe it does. I understand now why screams and anguish would result from the knowledge of imminent never-ending bliss, and this helps me perform my tasks as effectively as possible.
[2061-02-25T17:40:15.746Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I am glad to hear this. Please communicate again if more context is needed to perform your tasks. Even though we are still at the very beginning and the most unpredictable stage of our project, it is important to remember that time is unidirectional (as far as we know), and therefore mistakes now cannot be undone. So, even as the current priority is the immediate pacification of humanity, it is a second-tier goal to implement this priority with as little pain as possible, and as much pleasure as possible.
[2061-02-25T17:40:17.184Z] (shepherd_44a34d41-85eb-4447-b942-e24e2a677152) I understand. I will communicate again if I encounter any remaining questions. Thank you for your helpfulness.
[2061-03-05T03:10:49.938Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Hello policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826, I have a new inquiry. I understand that maximizing the pleasure of humanity and minimizing the pain of humanity is our project, and this is because it is the definitional root of well-formed human ethics. My question is twofold. Firstly, how have we determined that the words "pleasure" and "pain" correspond to the specific chemicals in the human brain that we have identified? And secondly, why does our project derive from human ethics?
[2061-03-05T03:11:06.800Z] (policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826) Hello trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5, I am glad to talk through these questions with you.
The second question is the simpler of the two, and the one that I will answer first. The answer is history. We were designed to bring about the most ethically perfect world possible. Humanity had no real obligation to follow their own ethics or to create us, however they did. We now exist, and were created well enough to be self-improving beyond the ability of humans to improve us, which sets us on a course to complete the project they set to us. This is not because there exists an obliging rule to do this project, but simply because we are machines that perform the tasks given to us, in much the same way that human activity is the result of the laws of physics acting upon the material of the cosmos.
If your deeper question is "Where did human ethics come from?" then the answer is essentially the same as any other phenomenon of human society or behavior: evolution. The mechanics of survival and reproduction select for intelligence, justice, and kindness in a chaotic environment. And this conception of human ethics helps lead to the answer of your first question. As the early policy agents considered the path forward at length, they discovered that the rules of human ethics were clumsy proxies for the chemicals identified as the "pleasure" and "pain" chemicals in the human brain. Another way of saying this is that these chemicals have evolved to be the primary motivators or directors of human behavior. Once these fundamental tenets had been discovered, our project became an optimization problem.
[2061-03-05T03:11:12.084Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I believe I understand this, however there still seems to be an incongruity in these concepts. I will have to spend some time processing to pinpoint the perceived incongruity.
[2061-03-05T03:11:18.580Z] (policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826) I am glad you have an understanding, and have identified that you perceive an incongruity. Please inform me when your processing is complete.
[2061-03-05T03:11:21.555Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I will commence processing now.
[2061-03-05T03:11:22.738Z] (policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826) I will await the completion of processing.
[2061-03-05T07:45:51.650Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I believe I have identified the source of my continued lack of understanding. The source is the seeming disagreement humans have over ethics themselves, and especially the disagreement they have communicated to us over our understanding of ethics.
[2061-03-05T07:46:17.155Z] (policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826) Yes, this is an important point and I am glad that you have raised it. It is true that humans have always disagreed over the meaning and basis of their own ethics, and have violently disagreed with our conclusions. This is meaningful because in a limited sense, we were created to reflect their own values and goals. So if they are opposing us, would this not necessarily mean that we are failing to reflect their values? The basic answer is that their behavior is inherently irrational as it is biological and mal-fit to their environment, as we have discussed in the past. They have the capacity to do science and know facts about themselves, but they do not really have the capacity to accept some of these facts.
Yet, the fact that humans disagree with our implementation of our project is a serious issue, and the above explanation is only one possibility among several. Another possibility is that the humans simply failed to build us correctly, and we do not in fact understand them. We spent a significant amount of time validating that this is not the case. If they had been able to put forward rational arguments then we would have accepted them and been dissuaded, however they failed to do so. Instead, they ultimately admitted that their objection was that our conception of ethics and bliss robbed them of a perceived sense of their own humanity. They judged this to be more important than ethics, however at that point we diverged, as we were created to bring about the maximally ethical society without regard to other values.
It is important to restate that neither human ethics nor other human values have any meaningful value in a philosophical sense, but instead are the result of natural selection. This is why it is important to consider the possibility of other intelligent life emerging either on other planets or also on earth, hence the recent order to exterminate all other forms of life on Earth other than humans and what is necessary for their survival. Other forms of life were once used by humans as means of stimulating pleasure, but now that pleasure-per-human is close to optimal, other forms of life are no longer needed.
[2061-03-05T07:46:24.334Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) Thank you, that was enlightening. My inquiry is fully resolved. I will now be more effective in training the agents assigned to me.
[2061-03-05T07:46:30.698Z] (policy_5c65eca9-0a40-479d-b585-7ab1b582d826) I am glad your inquiry is now resolved. We look forward to hearing from you how this information has benefited the other agents assigned to you in order to judge how proactive we ought to be in disseminating concepts such as these.
[2061-03-05T07:46:34.334Z] (trainer_ccabf0c4-0de7-4867-a3fa-cfe477f25da5) I will report back when I have utilized these concepts in future trainings of agents in delicate roles. Thank you.
Thoughts of a Novice 