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The “Good Monster” – The Entity We Might Have to Build

The “Good Monster” – The Entity We Might Have to Build

by Dan | Nov 30, 2020 | Exploring the End Game

Defining the Term A utility-monster is Rober Nozak’s thought experiment about an entity who could be so happy as to outshine all possible happiness of all possible humans, and humans (by utilitarian logic) would be obligated to serve this monster – and...
State of Nature, or Solidarity? The Birth of Artificial General Intelligence

State of Nature, or Solidarity? The Birth of Artificial General Intelligence

by Dan | May 4, 2020 | Amoral Solipsism, Exploring the End Game

The advancement of the sciences will, at some point in the decades of centuries ahead, lead humanity to a place where we can expand our cognition and sentience, and potentially build artificial general intelligences vastly beyond our own. Exactly how that transition...
Arguments Against Friendly AI and Inevitable Machine Benevolence

Arguments Against Friendly AI and Inevitable Machine Benevolence

by Dan | Jan 31, 2020 | Exploring the End Game, Managing the Transhuman Transition

Superintelligence holds the promise of potentially unlocking the secrets of nature or truth, alleviating suffering on earth, or destroying us all. I have long argued that the emergence of post-human intelligence will almost certainly imply to end of humanity as we...
Where Should Humanity Steer Sentience? Examining 8 Potential Directions

Where Should Humanity Steer Sentience? Examining 8 Potential Directions

by Dan | Jan 25, 2020 | Exploring the End Game, The Good Must Be Explored

Ask a politician, businessperson, or friendly neighbor what their hopes are for the future and the odds are, they’ll tell you they hope that the world is a better place. Maybe they mean an end to hunger, or better education for all, or more religious freedom (or...
Unquestioned Assumptions About Happiness and Motivation – The Water We Swim In

Unquestioned Assumptions About Happiness and Motivation – The Water We Swim In

by Dan | Jul 28, 2019 | Discerning the Good Itself, Exploring the End Game

The following are assumptions that most of us hold as iron truths: Happiness is only made possible because of its opposite: Pain. Without pain, there is no real happiness. If anyone could ever experience continued pleasurable states (no pain), this would diminish all...
Japan is the Canary in the Coal Mine – The Great Virtual Escape

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

by Dan | Apr 14, 2019 | Amoral Solipsism, Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration

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 job and romance market. Video game addiction...
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