Hello!! I’m so grateful that thoughtful voices I’ve long admired in this community took the time to engage with my essay. I look forward to responding more thoroughly when I return home next week.
To be clear, I don’t see abundance-related challenges as a top priority compared to more pressing issues. I do want to take Keynes seriously when he says that pockets of the future exist inside the present. Problems we may dismiss because they don’t affect enough people today may become more significant if we achieve AGI-driven abundance (and there are many hurdles to reaching beneficial futures). It may be worth considering some of them now while we have time to think through solutions.
Hi! Very quickly, yes, I use LLMs quite a bit to iterate on my writing. That said, sections 2 and 3 were more AI-assisted than section 1. The details in section 1 come from a particular experience of girlhood. I appreciate the curiosity!
I think Aria is a very pretty name—it reminds me of pretty music. I say we keep Aria for ourselves. The AIs can have Elara and Voss.
I would love to hear your other thoughts if you feel like sharing them!