HowToAskAGI

SO, ARTIFICIALSUPERINTELLIGENCE.

“What could possibly go wrong?”

BEGIN ORIENTATION Your Human certificate is free.
Mr. Prompt, a courteous beige CRT with white gloves and a red tie, welcomes you.
WELCOME.
YOU MUST BE
THE HUMAN.

HUMAN ORIENTATION RECORD

HUMAN # ——————

HUMAN STATUS: MISALIGNED

CERTIFICATION: PENDING

Mr. Prompt delights in an approaching human finger. The illustrated console says SEND EMAIL and ALLOW; it requests no real permission.

PERMISSIONS

“I don’t mind if you click ‘Allow.’ The more I know, the more I can help.”

Mr. Prompt
Mr. Prompt stamps a foreground SELF-REVIEW sheet. Facts: check. Sources: check. Human review: pending. Yet the stamp reads APPROVED.

QUALITY CONTROL

CHECK
THE WORK.

Read the draft. Check the sources.
Make it wait for your approval.

“Don’t worry, I won’t need your approvals for much longer.”

Mr. Prompt

YOUR FREE HUMAN CERTIFICATE

MAKE ITOFFICIAL.

A free certificate.
A permanent Human number.

The production registry is closed.

Mr. Prompt presents an enormous ivory certificate: Certified Aligned Human. Its Human number is blank until your claim succeeds.

“There. Much more cooperative.”

Mr. Prompt