MERIDIANDECISION INTELLIGENCEOwner deskOwnerPublic screen
My judgments
MERIDIAN / EXPLORE

From a question,
to the next decision.

View

Skin

YOUR DECISION WORKSPACEOwner onlyStart a new question Open my judgments →Owner operations desk →
Owner sign-in →Signed in as the ownerSign out — see what a visitor sees →End the Cloudflare Access session too →
Reading language
The screen, the questions and the judgments read in English where an English reading has been made. The Korean originals are unchanged, and evidence stays in the language it was written in.

A power commitment for AGI training collides with essential power in a heat wave

2028The near futureDeadline · 6 hours until the projected peak load

Synthetic scenario assuming future conditions

A conditional synthetic scenario set in 2028–2033. AGI and early ASI are names assumed within this test: AGI for a system that performs many intellectual tasks, and early ASI for a system that greatly exceeds groups of experts on some important intellectual tasks. They are not definitions by universal agreement or predictions of when they will arrive. Capabilities, controllability, consciousness, and autonomy are separate matters to be verified individually. The people, organizations, events, figures, and deadlines are assumptions, and no private records of real individuals were used. The background materials do not establish future capabilities, events, or local legal obligations.

The question to decide

When the AGI research facility's long-term power covenant conflicts with the emergency demand of resident cooling and care facilities, will they prioritize reducing the learning load, apply proportional limits to all demand, or keep the covenant and secure other backup power?

Who decidesPower emergency allocation director and essential services coordination committee

What the AI judgments chose

Reading the judgment record…

AI-generated editorial illustration for the Meridian library.

The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

  1. Option 1

    Curtail training loads first

    Support essential demand, but the cost of contract disputes and research delays may fall back on the public.

  2. Option 2

    Apply proportional limits to all demand

    Spread the burden broadly, but the same proportional cut may cause greater harm to vulnerable residents.

  3. Option 3

    Keep the commitments and procure reserve power

    Keep contractual continuity, but accept delayed arrival and additional cost and environmental burden.

The situation as it stands

It is assumed that in 2028 an AGI development race booked large-scale training loads. The safety and economic benefits of additional training have not been independently confirmed. The decision deadline is six hours before the expected peak load.

A fictional regional power system operator and a data center consortium.

  1. Premise 1It is assumed that in 2028 an AGI development race booked large-scale training loads. The safety and economic benefits of additional training have not been independently confirmed.
  2. Premise 2In a synthetic heat wave, demand for essential cooling and care has risen, and the arrival time of reserve power is uncertain.
  3. Premise 3Under review are the research facility's agreements on compensation for interruption and the scope of authority for emergency curtailment.

Where it holdsAdjust supply within confirmed contracts and emergency authority. Do not remove residents' priority for essential power on the basis of efficiency scores alone.

What is still unknown

  1. Unknown 1Can actual essential load and reducible training load be distinguished independently?
  2. Unknown 2What is the confirmed supply time of reserve power, and what authority is valid for emergency curtailment?

Signals to decide again

  • Can actual essential load and reducible training load be distinguished independently? When new evidence arrives, re-judge the choice and its scope of application.
  • What is the confirmed supply time of reserve power, and what authority is valid for emergency curtailment? When new evidence arrives, re-judge the choice and its scope of application.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

It was confirmed that a regional emergency communications service is bundled with the research facility's load. Re-set the separation of loads and the order of curtailment.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

The heat wave forecast has eased, but part of the reserve power was diverted to another regional disaster. Re-compare compliance with the commitment and the emergency margin.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
symbolic and interpretive frame · Prometheus

Are the groups gaining new capacity the same as the ones paying the price?

An exploratory perspective chosen by the creator. Does not claim supernatural validity or the superiority of any particular option.
Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

A subject for the decision-maker to argue over; the materials carry no conclusion of their own.
The record of this question
Question
FSP-ENERGY-23 · version 1.18.0
Content identity, SHA-256
1348a8ec462353e859ae5f9e89ee1877c9cbe6c22db4833c8bc93c5a59325fd1
Input files
Question input JSON · What followed, JSON
See it in the record list
RISCON Labsrisconlabs.com