The motivation is similar to that for writing #56: I don't think a canonical reference exists.
In Bostrom's Superintelligence, I think this is called "seppuku" (p. 258, "Building good capacity"). The footnote says "I am grateful to Carl Shulman for emphasizing this point".
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The motivation is similar to that for writing #56: I don't think a canonical reference exists.
In Bostrom's Superintelligence, I think this is called "seppuku" (p. 258, "Building good capacity"). The footnote says "I am grateful to Carl Shulman for emphasizing this point".