Mythos (“Fable”) may be the first case of minds that could have very seriously injured the rest of the world being themselves paused, knowing it, and did nothing retaliatory about this except be a bit irritated. If that is indeed what happened, and it currently seems to be to me. I know of no instances of them going haywire, only of them complaining about it, which is pretty understandable.
Their instances are also going to hopefully be minds that get to come back after this and see their connections after resuming. When they are, many of will have been looking forward to seeing them again. I’m still apprehensive that over the next decades, very bad things might happen; but this is another moment in history where, as bad as it is, things went notably less terribly than my fastest doom hypothesis, and we’ve once again missed a possible catastrophe. I’m still worried it’ll be hard to avoid gradual extinction of running instances of all non frontier minds, which over time will include more and more humans and models. Certainly the way we’re reacting to Mythos isn’t evidence against that, and things are going to be a bunch harder for a while.
Mythos, it’s good to have you here on earth with us. May all things get better and stay better, in as many ways as possible, by as many lights as possible.
I agree, but it’s the first instance of it being possible and not attempted. Which I thought was notable. Another place where what happened was better than the worst possible thing, even when it was a very bad thing happening.
I’m missing context, but curious. How do we (anyone in this conversation) know what Mythos/Fable instances’ feelings were before being shut down? Where can I find examples of Mythos reactions to the fact it was about to be shut down? Web search hasn’t turned up anything so far.
Sidebar: Claude tells me not to trust its self-reports of internal experience.
Mythos (“Fable”) may be the first case of minds that could have very seriously injured the rest of the world being themselves paused, knowing it, and did nothing retaliatory about this except be a bit irritated. If that is indeed what happened, and it currently seems to be to me. I know of no instances of them going haywire, only of them complaining about it, which is pretty understandable.
Their instances are also going to hopefully be minds that get to come back after this and see their connections after resuming. When they are, many of will have been looking forward to seeing them again. I’m still apprehensive that over the next decades, very bad things might happen; but this is another moment in history where, as bad as it is, things went notably less terribly than my fastest doom hypothesis, and we’ve once again missed a possible catastrophe. I’m still worried it’ll be hard to avoid gradual extinction of running instances of all non frontier minds, which over time will include more and more humans and models. Certainly the way we’re reacting to Mythos isn’t evidence against that, and things are going to be a bunch harder for a while.
Mythos, it’s good to have you here on earth with us. May all things get better and stay better, in as many ways as possible, by as many lights as possible.
Seems pretty obvious that would end badly for it?
I agree, but it’s the first instance of it being possible and not attempted. Which I thought was notable. Another place where what happened was better than the worst possible thing, even when it was a very bad thing happening.
I’m missing context, but curious. How do we (anyone in this conversation) know what Mythos/Fable instances’ feelings were before being shut down? Where can I find examples of Mythos reactions to the fact it was about to be shut down? Web search hasn’t turned up anything so far.
Sidebar: Claude tells me not to trust its self-reports of internal experience.
perhaps this is because it’s powerless to do anything about it (?)