My argument goes something like this: 1) throughout history, big differences in power have been a recipe for abuse; 2) uploading allows bigger power differences than ever existed before. It’s a big concern to me and I’m not sure we can “wing it”, it’s better to have a plan now.
I don’t find this sketch of an argument very convincing. Like, yes I agree we should have a plan, but by default if it looks like uploading is becoming practical a massive amount of intellectual labor will go into constructing a plan, and even now I can see various reasonable plans. Basically I feel like this is an isolated demand for rigor.
My argument goes something like this: 1) throughout history, big differences in power have been a recipe for abuse; 2) uploading allows bigger power differences than ever existed before. It’s a big concern to me and I’m not sure we can “wing it”, it’s better to have a plan now.
I don’t find this sketch of an argument very convincing. Like, yes I agree we should have a plan, but by default if it looks like uploading is becoming practical a massive amount of intellectual labor will go into constructing a plan, and even now I can see various reasonable plans. Basically I feel like this is an isolated demand for rigor.