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  • Japan is the Canary in the Coal Mine – The Great Virtual Escape
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    Japan is the Canary in the Coal Mine – The Great Virtual Escape

    Rich in tradition and material wealth, Japan’s reclusive youths are often completely uninterested in sex, relationships, or work. The country’s youth – especially men – are seeking escape from the…

  • AI Value Alignment isn’t a Problem if We Don’t Coexist
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    AI Value Alignment isn’t a Problem if We Don’t Coexist

    The AI value alignment argument goes something like this: As artificial intelligence will continue to approach human-level intelligence Artificial intelligence will generally be driven by a reward function, by a…

  • Exploration Post-Human Consciousness States – The Value of Psychedelics
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    Exploration Post-Human Consciousness States – The Value of Psychedelics

    Nick Bostrom’s 2007 TED presentation (titled: Humanity’s biggest problems aren’t what you think they are) involved an illustration that I liked so much that I modeled it – and credited Bostrom…

  • The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore
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    The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore

    What matters most? If we have a reasonable chance of building conscious AI and/or post-human intelligence in the next 60 years, it makes sense for us to consider where we’re…

  • Super-intelligent Machines May be Conscious, but Not Like We Are
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    Super-intelligent Machines May be Conscious, but Not Like We Are

    During my most recent UN speaking engagement in Shanghai, I wasn’t able to access Google (or my email), and was left with only a few books and the tabs I…