The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix

ByDan August 22, 2023February 13, 2024 February 13, 2024

In my discussions around posthumanism and AGI, I’ve noticed something curious:

Almost all discussions in the intergovernmental world, tech media, and social media center around specific policy decisions – not on the end-goal of the speakers or writers.

This seems exactly backwards. As far as I can tell, if I know someone’s end-game, I can often anticipate their policies.

Someone who believes that AI should never be more than a tool to serve humanity (even a thousand years from you) will obvious advocate for policy decisions that land them in that situation that they deem to be desirable.

Someone who sees as ideal the vision of a posthuman intelligences populating the galaxy will naturally have different near-term policy recommendations.

For this reason, I’ve created the Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix (ITPM).

This isn’t intended to be a complete vision of all possible futures, but rather, a kind of “game board” where people can show the direction (trajectory) they’d like to see life progress towards, given the risks and opportunities involved.

In the first video below, I explain the matrix and demonstrate how to find where you land on it:

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After my Saturday chat w/ @RokoMijic / @romanyam, I did a lot of thinking.

The matrix below, as far as I can tell, will more or less DEFINE global politics from now until human extinction.

From the motives of OpenAI to global government, let's unpack this: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/W2ZHnVb8Xm

— Daniel ‘No, Brother’ Faggella (@danfaggella) June 12, 2023

In this second video I explain some of the core motives of the Accelerationist camp, as it pertains to control vs. freedom:

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Day 3 of:

"A Video Every Day for 30 Days About the Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix"

Today:

– Why sama wants regulation / @BasedBeffJezos doens't

– Why OpenAI must pretend not to be full-on transhumanist

Video below, full thread gets into the meat: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ayl62Ia746

— Daniel ‘No, Brother’ Faggella (@danfaggella) June 14, 2023

I plan to add more to this article in the future, but for now it’ll stand as a placeholder for future content, and a reference point for other articles and discussions.

If you have any suggestions on improving the matrix send me a DM on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Header image credit: Pixabay