I think the sad part is although these people are quite rare, they actually represent a big share of singularity believers’ potential influence. e.g. Elon Musk alone has a net worth of $400 billion, while worldwide AI safety spending is between $0.1 and $0.2 billion/year.
If the story of humanity was put in a novel, it might be one of those novels which feel quite sour. There’s not even a great battle where the good guys organized themselves and did their best and lost honorably.
I disagree. There is such a battle. It is happening right now, in this very conversation. The rationalist X-risk community is the good guys, and we will be joined by more as we organize. We are organizing right now, and already fighting aspects of that battle. It won’t be fought with weapons but ideas. We are honing our ideas and working out goals and strategies. When we figure out what to do in the public, we will fight to get that done. We are already fighting to figure out alignment of AGI, and starting to work on alignment of humans to meet that challenge.
It’s a shame Musk hasn’t joined up, but in most good stories, the good guys are the underdogs anyway.
Now, I’d much rather live in dull than exciting times. But here we are. Time to fight. The main enemy is our collective monkey-brained idiocy.
On second thought, just because I don’t see the struggle doesn’t mean there is none. Maybe someday in the future we’ll learn the real story, and it’ll will turn out beautiful with lots of meaningful spirit and passion.
I think the sad part is although these people are quite rare, they actually represent a big share of singularity believers’ potential influence. e.g. Elon Musk alone has a net worth of $400 billion, while worldwide AI safety spending is between $0.1 and $0.2 billion/year.
If the story of humanity was put in a novel, it might be one of those novels which feel quite sour. There’s not even a great battle where the good guys organized themselves and did their best and lost honorably.
I disagree. There is such a battle. It is happening right now, in this very conversation. The rationalist X-risk community is the good guys, and we will be joined by more as we organize. We are organizing right now, and already fighting aspects of that battle. It won’t be fought with weapons but ideas. We are honing our ideas and working out goals and strategies. When we figure out what to do in the public, we will fight to get that done. We are already fighting to figure out alignment of AGI, and starting to work on alignment of humans to meet that challenge.
It’s a shame Musk hasn’t joined up, but in most good stories, the good guys are the underdogs anyway.
Now, I’d much rather live in dull than exciting times. But here we are. Time to fight. The main enemy is our collective monkey-brained idiocy.
Join the fight!
:) that’s a better attitude. You’re very right.
On second thought, just because I don’t see the struggle doesn’t mean there is none. Maybe someday in the future we’ll learn the real story, and it’ll will turn out beautiful with lots of meaningful spirit and passion.
Thank you for mentioning this.