Comment by chrisjj
3 hours ago
> The thing with cheap and abundant energy is that it can be used for good and bad.
Yes, but the more important thing is the imbalance. So-called "AI" can be used far more effectively and efficiently for bad.
> I have come to the conclusion that we should not allow everyone access to unlimited intelligence.
You meant unlimited information, right?
No, intelligence. We already have unlimited information (not to be confused with omniscience). The application thereof is the gate right now between today and planet-scale destructive weaponry. At some point it becomes an academic distinction because this God-like intelligence could provide very easy to follow plans to cause planet-scale destruction, and you could call that "information." The predicate is the intelligence and how it's used.
I am pretty sure your:
> If nine billion people all receive access to plans to build a reactor which produces unlimited energy, it just takes one religious fanatic to end the world.
is about information. No intelligence required.