I like consensus over democracy. Democracy seems to focus on treating everyone like they have an equally valid perspective on all issues which is obviously false. I like the idea that everyone should be able to express their own interests and have society genuinely and honestly interpret and work towards the interests of all people. I know that’s an idealistic and difficult goal.
I agree with you that your points (1) and (2) lead to directions that I think are bad and hope most people think are bad, but there is nuance there such as
the differences between different kinds of AI minds
the different kinds of happy conscious life that could be created
the risks involved developing AI technology
the current state of the world being one in which we can try to move towards having the capability to create these kinds of AI minds, but we haven’t actually gotten to that world yet and don’t know exactly if or how we can
I think most Longtermists are pragmatic about the above points, but I could be wrong. I’ve read more Toby Ord, Bostrom, Yudkowsky, and Soares. I haven’t read that much MacAskill.
I like consensus over democracy. Democracy seems to focus on treating everyone like they have an equally valid perspective on all issues which is obviously false. I like the idea that everyone should be able to express their own interests and have society genuinely and honestly interpret and work towards the interests of all people. I know that’s an idealistic and difficult goal.
I agree with you that your points (1) and (2) lead to directions that I think are bad and hope most people think are bad, but there is nuance there such as
the differences between different kinds of AI minds
the different kinds of happy conscious life that could be created
the risks involved developing AI technology
the current state of the world being one in which we can try to move towards having the capability to create these kinds of AI minds, but we haven’t actually gotten to that world yet and don’t know exactly if or how we can
I think most Longtermists are pragmatic about the above points, but I could be wrong. I’ve read more Toby Ord, Bostrom, Yudkowsky, and Soares. I haven’t read that much MacAskill.