When I see this argument, I think of a parallel argument.
What if medical treatment for aging becomes available, and it’s near perfect. I imagine these huge parties thrown by the wealthy and those friends who are the in group members. Everyone looks like they just graduated high school, and the people are joyous and care free, knowing they have thousands of years to look forward to.
Meanwhile at the same time, in the same world, people are killing each other with mass produced weapons and entire countries still have senior ‘care’ centers adjacent to crematoriums. There are still homeless in the streets.
In such an unjust world, the main thing is to try to make sure you or your family get an invitation to the in group. And definitely don’t be late.
With this world model, if you believe this is going to be the outcome, you should be pressuring your country’s government not to be late to AGI, better to be early. The logical strategy if you believe this outcome is the one the universe is going to pick is to support a Manhattan Project for AI. You would be a very strong accelerationist, beyond even e/acc, since you are not just asking for private groups to be allowed to develop AGI, but for the government to actively invest trillions to develop AGI immediately. If your home government is too poor, you would be seeking a new citizenship elsewhere.
Note: I do not support the above, I am just saying it appears to be the dominant strategy if you believe this is going to be the outcome.
When I see this argument, I think of a parallel argument.
What if medical treatment for aging becomes available, and it’s near perfect. I imagine these huge parties thrown by the wealthy and those friends who are the in group members. Everyone looks like they just graduated high school, and the people are joyous and care free, knowing they have thousands of years to look forward to.
Meanwhile at the same time, in the same world, people are killing each other with mass produced weapons and entire countries still have senior ‘care’ centers adjacent to crematoriums. There are still homeless in the streets.
In such an unjust world, the main thing is to try to make sure you or your family get an invitation to the in group. And definitely don’t be late.
With this world model, if you believe this is going to be the outcome, you should be pressuring your country’s government not to be late to AGI, better to be early. The logical strategy if you believe this outcome is the one the universe is going to pick is to support a Manhattan Project for AI. You would be a very strong accelerationist, beyond even e/acc, since you are not just asking for private groups to be allowed to develop AGI, but for the government to actively invest trillions to develop AGI immediately. If your home government is too poor, you would be seeking a new citizenship elsewhere.
Note: I do not support the above, I am just saying it appears to be the dominant strategy if you believe this is going to be the outcome.