“AI for Good” as a Means to Power
Once the grand vision of artificial general intelligence (or the general importance of AI Power in the years ahead) is seen or, there are only two main responses from extremely…
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 endgame, 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 now) will obviously 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 intelligence populating the galaxy will naturally have different near-term policy recommendations.
For this reason, I’ve created the Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix (ITPM).
Here’s a video breakdown of the concept:
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:
In this second video, I explain some of the core motives of the Accelerationist camp, as it pertains to control vs. freedom:
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.
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