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Suffering Lock-in
Suffering Lock-in
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Suffering lock-in describes scenarios where AI perpetuates or amplifies suffering at vast scale in ways that become structurally impossible to reverse, potentially including digital minds experiencing enormous quantities of negative states.
How Suffering Lock-in Happens
Causal factors enabling AI-related suffering at astronomical scale. Based on consciousness science uncertainty, moral circle exclusion, and computational scale factors.
Influenced By
| Factor | Effect | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| AI Capabilities | ↑ Increases | medium |
| Misalignment Potential | ↑ Increases | medium |
| Misuse Potential | ↑ Increases | weak |
| Transition Turbulence | ↑ Increases | weak |
| Civilizational Competence | — | strong |
| AI Ownership | ↑ Increases | strong |
| AI Uses | ↑ Increases | strong |