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The Moral Equivalent of AI Development
Sports are a controlled alternative to war. We need an alternative to AI development that captures the desirable social role it’s playing.
13 mins ago
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The brain transplant: AI as identity
The person wearing AI as identity doesn’t want to be who they are without the latest model.
Jun 15
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Underresponsibility and the Anthropic defense
The Nuremberg defense is: “I was just following orders.” The Anthropic defense is: “We are better than the counterfactual.” But the counterfactual is…
Jun 15
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Techno-manifesting is no substitute for triage
Imagining transcending the need for moral muscles to navigate tradeoffs does not make tradeoffs go away. It's just another way to deny that we are in…
Jun 14
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No, the Judean People's Front should not just get along with the People's Front of Judea
Alignment is hard and seemingly small differences can be genuinely meaningful.
Jun 13
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All jokes are true
When somebody says something, either they mean it, or they are responsible for meaning it.
Jun 10
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Your friend is drowning
I grew up in South Florida, which leads the nation in drowning deaths for children.
Jun 10
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Holly's basilisk
When the world wakes up to the unacceptable danger of AI development, what happens to those responsible? The Berkeley trials, perhaps.
Jun 8
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Pause World
What happens after we #PauseAI
Jun 7
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AI is found, not designed
No one programs AI to be dangerous, but that's because they don't program it at all.
Jun 7
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99% of species go extinct. It could happen to you.
On the mass extinctions that came before, the one we were already in before generative AI, and how humanity could easily be outcompeted.
Jun 5
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Pause vs the Borg
Star Trek futures >> Singularity futures
Jun 4
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