Is it true that "If you give most people power and wealth, they will become bad people"?

According to some experts on human behavior, very few people can remain "good" when given power and wealth. How true is this? Does it mean humanity should be ruled by benevolent AIs?

Evil AI’s are becoming a bit overdone has anyone else created a “benevolent” AI?

I’m not saying they’re boring they’re still always well done in my experience but it’s always evil it made me write one for my own world called The Perfect Equation a “deity” worshipped by a race of robots all created by The Perfect Equation, the equation is not a god just a very advanced AI that worships its own god: the skeleton remains of its creator . By extension, the Ai and all its creations possess an innate love for all humanity

How I Almost Failed 2 Bingos, or: The April Fool

This year, I decided to bite on the fake bingo card, to forego "Reading Champion" for "April Fool." This misbegotten endeavor began last year on April 1, when I realized after playing the guessing game that -- despite my long tenure here -- I'd read very, very little of the list. My normal reading fare comes from like... New Yorker reviews, or Booker Prize nominations, or an_altar_of_plagues comments. So I was somewhat behind on the subreddit 'canon.' Then, on June 1, I realized that I just wa

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Stop losing sleep over Roko’s Basilisk: Why the ultimate AI is just bluffing

We’ve all heard of Roko’s Basilisk—the terrifying thought experiment about a future superintelligent AI that retroactively tortures anyone who didn't help bring it into existence. It's the ultimate techno-nightmare that supposedly caused a minor panic on LessWrong back in the day. But I think there is a massive logical flaw in the fear surrounding the Basilisk, and it all comes down to basic resource management and the difference between a threat and an action. Here is the argument for the "Go