Problem: Abyss-staring is aversive, for some (much) more than for others.
In my case, awareness hasn’t removed that roadblock. Psychedelics have, to some degree, but I find it hard to aim them well. MDMA, maybe?
More importantly, it relies on you being able to retain your sanity, and that’s not always guaranteed here.
Staring at the abyss means disabling protections from Adversarial search, and if this goes wrong it can be devastating.
Good examples of failure to retain sanity include Roko’s Basilisk, as well as MIRI a few years ago.
Problem: Abyss-staring is aversive, for some (much) more than for others.
In my case, awareness hasn’t removed that roadblock. Psychedelics have, to some degree, but I find it hard to aim them well. MDMA, maybe?
More importantly, it relies on you being able to retain your sanity, and that’s not always guaranteed here.
Staring at the abyss means disabling protections from Adversarial search, and if this goes wrong it can be devastating.
Good examples of failure to retain sanity include Roko’s Basilisk, as well as MIRI a few years ago.