Do you have any reason to believe that this is happening AT ALL? I’d think the selection of who gets cloned (especially when it’s illicit, but probably even if it were common) would follow wealth more than intelligence.
Selective embryo implantation based on genetic examination of two-parent IVF would seem more effective, and even that’s not likely to do much unless it becomes a whole lot more common, and if intelligence were valued more highly in the general population.
Since these clones will hopefully retain basic human values
Huh? Why these any more than the general population? The range of values and behaviors found in humans is very wide, and “basic human values” is a pretty thin set.
Most importantly, a 25-year improvement cycle, with a mandatory 15-20 year socialization among many many humans of each new instance is just not as scary as an AGI with an improvement cycle under a year (perhaps much much faster), and with direct transmission of models/beliefs from previous generations. Just not comparable.
Do you have any reason to believe that this is happening AT ALL? I’d think the selection of who gets cloned (especially when it’s illicit, but probably even if it were common) would follow wealth more than intelligence.
Selective embryo implantation based on genetic examination of two-parent IVF would seem more effective, and even that’s not likely to do much unless it becomes a whole lot more common, and if intelligence were valued more highly in the general population.
Huh? Why these any more than the general population? The range of values and behaviors found in humans is very wide, and “basic human values” is a pretty thin set.
Most importantly, a 25-year improvement cycle, with a mandatory 15-20 year socialization among many many humans of each new instance is just not as scary as an AGI with an improvement cycle under a year (perhaps much much faster), and with direct transmission of models/beliefs from previous generations. Just not comparable.