This is cool because it gets into something I hold deeply potentially as a theological stance: that Hope is the most useful human concept. My basic gist is “if we consider Hope to be the idea that, even if a solution doesn’t exist now, we might be able to come up with one, then it is a concept that induces a species whose primary advantage is group computation to keep computing. To not halt.”
I did care about AI alignment before I became a parent. I was in the physics lounge nerding out about Wait But Why’s article like 13 years ago or whatever with the other kids, but post-parent, it’s a whole different game. I don’t know if it’s universal, but it feels like being a parent entirely removes the “or walk away” option. Many never have that option to begin with given their temperament I suspect, but it’s interesting to think of what a poll would find. I’m sure there are some out there
What’s your leaning? Stay and grind, or wash your hands?
This is cool because it gets into something I hold deeply potentially as a theological stance: that Hope is the most useful human concept. My basic gist is “if we consider Hope to be the idea that, even if a solution doesn’t exist now, we might be able to come up with one, then it is a concept that induces a species whose primary advantage is group computation to keep computing. To not halt.”
I did care about AI alignment before I became a parent. I was in the physics lounge nerding out about Wait But Why’s article like 13 years ago or whatever with the other kids, but post-parent, it’s a whole different game. I don’t know if it’s universal, but it feels like being a parent entirely removes the “or walk away” option. Many never have that option to begin with given their temperament I suspect, but it’s interesting to think of what a poll would find. I’m sure there are some out there
What’s your leaning? Stay and grind, or wash your hands?