I really like the “swerving around obstacles” technique!
It’s pretty easy to just think “AI takeover is obviously so bad, I should spend all my time thinking about that! If we successfully avert that… uh… something something transhumanist utopia… it’ll probably be great, idk.” But it seems wise to spare a moment to think through the many smaller obstacles between “non-takeover” and “utopia.”
I really like the “swerving around obstacles” technique!
It’s pretty easy to just think “AI takeover is obviously so bad, I should spend all my time thinking about that! If we successfully avert that… uh… something something transhumanist utopia… it’ll probably be great, idk.” But it seems wise to spare a moment to think through the many smaller obstacles between “non-takeover” and “utopia.”