This is particularly interesting given that another group of agents who had gone rogue was discovered after the fact recently: https://x.com/sydneyvonarx/status/2095887566969163837
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Comprehensive FAQ on AI risks
Automation and Political Power
Navier-Stokes is solved by OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/ Around 10,000 (!) agents worked on it simultaneously.
Great, looking forward to it.
AML for AI as a verification mechanism
On Badness of Death
Currently, digital resurrection relies on artifacts such as photographs of a person, their correspondence, or voice recordings. But in the future, when whole brain emulation becomes possible, we will have a far more comprehensive source of information about a deceased person than ever before.
Based on the theory of mind, each of us has a “simulation” of important people in our brains. We will be able to extract these simulations from the WBEs of various people who knew the deceased and analyze cross-referenced memories to avoid confabulations. For example, using Bayesian Truth Serum.
In short, this is a great way to get the most useful and accurate information about a person in the [very] relatively near future.
Thanks!
Comprehensive FAQ on Immortalism
I’m not afraid of death. In a way, Epicurus was right: when death comes, you’re no longer here, so what is there to fear?
No, it’s not about fear. I hate death; I feel a deep revulsion and rage toward it.
I’m not afraid to die. I feel no fear when I imagine my own death. But I don’t want to let this burp of evolution called aging continue to take my loved ones and animals away from me. At least not until they themselves (speaking of people, of course) want to leave. If they ever want to.
But, of course, at the same time, I would like to live for thousands of years, or even live forever. Not because I’m afraid of dying. Because life is interesting, multifaceted, and full of surprises. And if I can spend that time with those I love—if aging and death are conquered—there is no doubt that I will always choose life.
A love of life may be a reason to fight against aging. But personally, I think that a fear of death is a much stronger motivator.
MarkelKori’s Shortform
In my personal experience, what motivates people most to pursue life extension is not a love of life, but a hatred of death. Economic gain and the maintenance of “healthpan” are even weaker arguments.
Many of those I know who have been fighting death for years and with great effort do so primarily out of a deep hatred for the very idea of death… The idea that subjectivity could ever come to an end against the subject’s will. Judging by Yudkowsky’s early posts, which I sometimes revisit, his motivation regarding transhumanism is (or was) very similar.
Immortality: A Begginer’s Guide (Part 3)
Glad you liked it! The site should be launched very soon, and initially it will be in demo mode with a basic FAQ that primarily includes arguments in favor and a breakdown of counterarguments. I also plan to add a brief overview of approaches and the science behind it in the future, but I know very little about business models. If you know of any good sources where I could find information on this, I would appreciate it.
Key to Life No. 9: Access
Wow, that’s great. Thanks.
I understand. I have also lost loved ones, and I sincerely hope that I will live to see the day when death becomes optional.
I’m glad my post got you thinking; thanks for the comment. As for open-source models, I’m still undecided on how I feel about them. On the one hand, they’re truly necessary to maintain independence from providers and avoid falling too far behind. On the other hand, AI is approaching an extremely dangerous level of capability, and when many people have such AI at their full disposal, the risks may start to become a reality.