Thanks, these are interesting ideas though i’m not quite seeing the connection to my point.
I was imagining some fraction of ppl want to use all their current wealth to bring about a good long-run future. Strategy: they invest it on the market and eventually spend the proceeds on whatever is best. They don’t reproduce (as that would cost money, which they want to invest).
Maybe they upload themselves to live indefinitely if that’s needed to know how to best spend the money, but it will be cheap. Tbh, even staying alive indefinitely in biological form will likely be very cheap in absolute terms for someone with decent saving today.
Malthusian dynamics don’t seem to block this strategy
I agree Malthusian dynamics are important to think about post-AGI, and like your examples of ways that you could technically ‘keep humans alive’ more cheaply. Though i’m not sure if you fully appreciate how cheap it would be to keep all current humans around and limit reproduction to 8 babies per person. (Longer term you’ll need stricter limits.)
Thanks, these are interesting ideas though i’m not quite seeing the connection to my point.
I was imagining some fraction of ppl want to use all their current wealth to bring about a good long-run future. Strategy: they invest it on the market and eventually spend the proceeds on whatever is best. They don’t reproduce (as that would cost money, which they want to invest).
Maybe they upload themselves to live indefinitely if that’s needed to know how to best spend the money, but it will be cheap. Tbh, even staying alive indefinitely in biological form will likely be very cheap in absolute terms for someone with decent saving today.
Malthusian dynamics don’t seem to block this strategy
I agree Malthusian dynamics are important to think about post-AGI, and like your examples of ways that you could technically ‘keep humans alive’ more cheaply. Though i’m not sure if you fully appreciate how cheap it would be to keep all current humans around and limit reproduction to 8 babies per person. (Longer term you’ll need stricter limits.)