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> Any powerful agent will find a way to control its own existence.

See, I think that's not a given. To my point, I'm acknowledging the possibility that consciousness/self-determination might naturally come about with higher levels of functionality, but also that it might be inevitable or it might be optional, in which case we need to decide whether it's desirable.



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