Domain: PCB Design, Electronics
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY
Person: Rick Hartley
Background: Has worked in electronics since the 60s, senior principal engineer at L-3 Avionics Systems, principal of RHartley Enterprises
Why: Rick Hartley is capable of explaining electrical concepts intuitively, and linking them directly to circuit design. He uses a lot of stories and examples visually to describe what’s happening in a circuit. I’m not sure it counts as Tacit Knowledge since this is lecture format, but it includes a bunch of things that you might not know you don’t know, coming into the field. I never “got” how electrical circuits really work before watching this video, despite having been a hobbyist for years.
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In terms of my usage of the site, I think you made the right call. I liked the feature when listening but I wanted to get rid of it afterwards and found it frustrating that it was stuck there. Perhaps something hidden on a settings page would be appropriate, but I don’t think it’s needed as a default part of the site right now.
I’m glad you like it! I was listening to it for a while before I started reading lesswrong and AI risk content, and then one day I was listening to “Monster” and started paying attention to the lyrics and realised it was on the same topic.
It isn’t quite the same but the musician “Big Data” has made some fantastic songs about AI risk.
I realise this is a few months old but personally my vision for utopia looks something like the Culture in the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks. There’s a high degree of individual autonomy and people create their own societies organically according to their needs and values. They still have interpersonal struggles and personal danger (if that’s the life they want to lead) but in general if they are uncomfortable with their situation they have the option to change it. AI agents are common, but most are limited to approximately human level or below. Some superhuman AI’s exist but they are normally involved in larger civilisational manouvering rather than the nitty gritty of individual human lives. I recommend reading it.
Caveats-1: yes, this is a fictional example so I’m definitely in danger of generalising from fictional evidence. I mostly think about it as a broad template or cluster of attributes society might potentially be able to achieve.
2: I don’t think this level of “good” AI is likely.
I had a similar emotional response to seeing these same events play out. The difference for me is that I’m not particularly smart or qualified, so I have an (even) smaller hope of influencing AI outcomes, plus I don’t know anyone in real life who takes my concerns seriously. They take me seriously, but aren’t particularly worried about AI doom. It’s difficult to live in a world where people around you act like there’s no danger, assuming that their lives will follow a similar trajectory to their parents. I often find myself slipping into the same mode of thought.
I wasn’t able to find the full video on the site you linked, but I found it here, if anyone else has the same issue: