I’m a little worried about being downvoted due to this being off-topic, but I have two things to share on this question. First, the philosopher Ole Martin Moen wrote a paper responding to claims in Ted Kaczsynski’s famous manifesto, citing Nick Bostrom and the arguments for taking existential risk seriously. Since this paper may be the only serious academic response to Kaczynski’s manifesto, I’d bet that Kaczsynski has read it. Second, Kaczynski has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and will probably soon die.
If you’re sure alignment won’t work....
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Also futile. Sacrificing your ethics doesn’t necessarily buy you anything just because you feel like you paid extra.
I’m a little worried about being downvoted due to this being off-topic, but I have two things to share on this question. First, the philosopher Ole Martin Moen wrote a paper responding to claims in Ted Kaczsynski’s famous manifesto, citing Nick Bostrom and the arguments for taking existential risk seriously. Since this paper may be the only serious academic response to Kaczynski’s manifesto, I’d bet that Kaczsynski has read it. Second, Kaczynski has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and will probably soon die.