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The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. It is the highest emblem in…
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A comforting picture of Earth life imagines a community of species in relatively peaceful coexistence. If humans respect their needs, stop polluting, protect the ozone layer, then nature can remain…
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Much of today’s AGI alignment discourse is focused on how mankind can guarantee that vastly more capable future intelligences will continue to provide for us, respect our present preferences, preserve…
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All these vapid tweets, every day: We can’t afford to be “vagueposting” about the near-term rise of AGI. We need concrete steps regarding what to do, specifically – even if…
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Ask people “What matters, ultimately?” and you’ll get a variety of answers. Maybe they’ll start with things like “scientific progress” or “the safety of my family” or “ending world hunger,”…
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The transition from anaerobic to aerobic (oxygen-using) life was arguably the single most destructive, creative and protective complexity transition in the entire history of life as we know it. First,…
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When someone claims that they or someone else is “acting for the greater good,” this colloquially means that this person is acting in a way that helps others, not only…
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Enough “What’s your p(Doom)?” How about asking: “What’s your p(Bloom)?” Asking someone for their “p(bloom)” means asking them: “What is the likelihood that AGI will cause all sentient and autopoietic…
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Identity is an incredibly strong force in the human psyche, and it manifests itself in all kinds of social science contexts: Determining what actions are “best” for us (or our…
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AGI risk seems lower than it is because the people who know that AGI risk exists are almost all incentivized against talking about it openly. Broadly, there are two groups…