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longtermrisk.org
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| | | | | Suffering risks, or s-risks, are "risks of events that bring about suffering in cosmically significant amounts" (Althaus and Gloor 2016).1 This article will discuss why the reduction of s-risks could be a candidate for a top priority among altruistic causes aimed at influencing the long-term future. The number of sentient beings in the future might be astronomical, and certain cultural, evolutionary, and technological forces could cause many of these beings to have lives dominated by severe suffering. S-... | |
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thezvi.wordpress.com
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| | | | | The big capabilities news this week is a new ChatGPT mode (that I do not have access to yet) called Code Interpreter. It lets you upload giant data files, analyzes them automatically, can even write papers about its findings, many are impressed. The big discourse news is that Geoff Hinton, the Godfather of AI, quit | |
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idlewords.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The speaker critiques the overemphasis on AI existential risks, arguing that current AI systems pose more immediate ethical concerns such as surveillance, bias, and power dynamics. They compare the current state of AI research to alchemy, suggesting that we are still in the early stages of understanding the mind and should focus on practical challenges rather than speculative fears. The speaker advocates for better science fiction and more grounded ethical discussions to guide AI development, emphasizing the need for humility and practical solutions over alarmism. | |
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escalatingidentity.wordpress.com
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| | | by CROATOAN, April 2012 Contents Synopsis I. Identity-Based Organizing II. Institutional Struggles Over the Meaning of Anti-Oppression Politics a. On the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (NPIC), Again b. Politicians and Police Who Are "Just Like Us" c. Anticapitalism and the Material Reproduction of "Race" and "Gender" d. The Racialization of Rape and the Erasure of Sexual... | ||