Mm, yeah, maybe. The key part here is, as usual, “who is implementing this plan”? Specifically, even if someone solves the the preference-agglomeration problem (which may be possible to do for a small group of researchers), why would we expect it to end up implemented at scale? There are tons of great-on-paper governance ideas which governments around the world are busy ignoring.
For things like superbabies (or brain-computer interfaces, or uploads), there’s at least a more plausible pathway for wide adoption, similar motives for maximizing profit/geopolitical power as with AGI.
Mm, yeah, maybe. The key part here is, as usual, “who is implementing this plan”? Specifically, even if someone solves the the preference-agglomeration problem (which may be possible to do for a small group of researchers), why would we expect it to end up implemented at scale? There are tons of great-on-paper governance ideas which governments around the world are busy ignoring.
For things like superbabies (or brain-computer interfaces, or uploads), there’s at least a more plausible pathway for wide adoption, similar motives for maximizing profit/geopolitical power as with AGI.