Hey Frank! If you were president of the world and got to make 5 laws to determine the future of Earth and humanity, what would those 5 laws be? They can be anything you want.

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Well, I already gave my answer to the Yudkowsky question in that post, but I guess I'll give another one.

The laws:

  1. The maximum speed of any kind of particle (e.g. a photon, a molecule) is zero.
  2. There are no genders.
  3. The universe is closed and there is no place where anything ever comes from or goes to (this goes back to earlier).
  4. If you have a really good reason, it's permissible to use the trolley problem as a thought experiment but not morally obligatory.
  5. The trolley will be driven by a computer who is completely rational but will do whatever he wants in the moment without any regard for what would be best in the long-term.
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We know what will be driving the trolley but do we know what the track is made of?