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Preventing Suffering After Mind Uploading – A Commentary on Yampolskiy and Ziesche

Preventing Suffering After Mind Uploading – A Commentary on Yampolskiy and Ziesche

by Dan | Nov 3, 2019 | Discerning the Good Itself, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Reflecting on What I've Read

If mind uploading becomes possible, how can we prevent uploaded minds from suffering? While uploaded minds might be able to experience a hyper-intense range of super-bliss, it is obviously possible that the opposite could also happen under the wrong conditions (or...
Thinkers Who I Like – In the Form of Drake Memes

Thinkers Who I Like – In the Form of Drake Memes

by Dan | Apr 4, 2019 | Reflecting on What I've Read

Pardon the esoteric-ness of this post. I’m afraid it’ll neither be humorous or relevant for those who haven’t read these thinkers, or for those who aren’t familiar with their work. David Pearce Ralph Waldo Emerson Michel de Montaigne Nayef...
The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore

The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore

by Dan | Jan 9, 2019 | Discerning the Good Itself, Reflecting on What I've Read, The Good Must Be Explored

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 headed. If we presume we have any control over our fate at all – where will we point the...
Super-intelligent Machines May be Conscious, but Not Like We Are

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

by Dan | Dec 30, 2018 | Amoral Solipsism, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Reflecting on What I've Read

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 had open. One of those tabs was a blog post from Andres Gomez Emilsson, which I’m glad I had opened...
Is AI Safety Research a Waste of Time?

Is AI Safety Research a Waste of Time?

by Dan | Jul 26, 2018 | Creating or Enhancing Consciousness, Reflecting on What I've Read, The Good Must Be Explored

Many months ago, Peter Voss came through San Francisco and we sat down for a coffee at my favorite place in Hayes Valley, Arlequin. We chatted a bit of business first. Peter runs Aigo.ai, and his work on natural language is a lot of fun to discuss. Similarly, we...
Does it Matter if Future AI is Conscious?

Does it Matter if Future AI is Conscious?

by Dan | Jul 21, 2018 | Consciousness is What Counts, Reflecting on What I've Read

I spoke recently at a United Nations and INTERPOL event in Singapore, on the topic of artificial intelligence use-cases in law enforcement. One of the only other Americans at the event – and a fellow speaker – was Thomas Campbell. Thomas spent many years...
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