Comment by edevans on You can still fetch the coffee today if you're dead tomorrow · 2023-06-23T21:07:31.599Z · LW · GW

Could it be useful to have a shutdown-by-default process as follows?

1. When starting the agent include a time value (n seconds), after which it will pause itself
2. After it pauses, deliberate and then either stop moving forward or continue with some new time value 

This will allow trading power for safety, as you can make shorter steps forward as the agents become more dangerous, and you don't need to do everything in the first time period.