I completely agree with this post. It’s heartwarmingly and mindnumbingly agreeable, I would like to praise it and applaud it forever and ever. On a more serious note, personally it feels like not contributing anything into the conversation if you’re just agreeing. Like for an example if I read a 100 posts in here, I don’t feel compelled to add a comment which says just “I agree.” to each of them because it feels like it doesn’t add to the substance of the issue. - So I’m totally doing what the post predicts.
I have really read a hundred or so posts and I think the majority of them are brilliant, and to be honest I don’t think there have been any posts by Eliezer in particular that I have read which I would’ve considered really bad. I think they’re great. I’m not even stretching it very far when I’m saying that they’ve changed my look on life.
Personally I truly hope that whoever comes up with the first functional AIs has concern for the future of humanity and takes the time and trouble to ponder moral issues and is responsible about it in general. In fact I believe the world would be a little better place if a larger number of our leaders and political decision makers would demonstrate similar interests—for an example if they could sit down every now and then and contemplate on the meaning of altruism or caring for one another - or they would stop by and read a post on this website.
So this seems like the perfect post to just agree with and add the following suggestion to the conversation: If it feels like you don’t want to just agree to something, even if you do really agree, try and find a way to do that while also making a contribution, additional detail or insight. :)
I completely agree with this post. It’s heartwarmingly and mindnumbingly agreeable, I would like to praise it and applaud it forever and ever. On a more serious note, personally it feels like not contributing anything into the conversation if you’re just agreeing. Like for an example if I read a 100 posts in here, I don’t feel compelled to add a comment which says just “I agree.” to each of them because it feels like it doesn’t add to the substance of the issue. - So I’m totally doing what the post predicts.
I have really read a hundred or so posts and I think the majority of them are brilliant, and to be honest I don’t think there have been any posts by Eliezer in particular that I have read which I would’ve considered really bad. I think they’re great. I’m not even stretching it very far when I’m saying that they’ve changed my look on life.
Personally I truly hope that whoever comes up with the first functional AIs has concern for the future of humanity and takes the time and trouble to ponder moral issues and is responsible about it in general. In fact I believe the world would be a little better place if a larger number of our leaders and political decision makers would demonstrate similar interests—for an example if they could sit down every now and then and contemplate on the meaning of altruism or caring for one another - or they would stop by and read a post on this website.
So this seems like the perfect post to just agree with and add the following suggestion to the conversation: If it feels like you don’t want to just agree to something, even if you do really agree, try and find a way to do that while also making a contribution, additional detail or insight. :)
Awesome posts!