me: i wish to... uh, hold on, is this like a do what i mean thing, like the wish isn't going to randomly screw me over and turn the world into paperclips

kyubey: :3 your wish will not turn the world into paperclips

me: ok i wish to uh maximise the total time-discounted uh actually no discounting just total uh impartial long-run welfare of uh sentient life in the light... cone... wait, is FTL possible, okay in the cosmos, which includes like... everything, hang on, wait, no- moral uncertainty, this might be bad in some unanticipated way- okay i wish to maximise utility. there. maximise utility.

kyubey: :3 you're hired

me: like, as a magical girl? cool. so like does the wish-

kyubey: :3 welcome, incubator

@TetraspaceGrouping
meanwhile, the blue circle: "I wish to instantiate CEV"
The use-mention distinction is not made, all available galaxies are arranged into the letters "CEV"

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