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| | selfawaresystems.com
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| | On March 19, 2008 Steve Omohundro gave a talk at the meeting of the World Transhumanist Association (now Humanity+) on "AI and the Future of Human Morality". Great thanks to Drew Reynolds who filmed the talk, edited the video, and produced a transcript with the original slides. The video is available here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1286459692350772178&hl=en The edited...
| | 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-...
| | handsandcities.com
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| | First in a two-part series about whether morality falls out instrumental rationality, if you do the game-theory right. This part lays out of the basic structure of a prominent argument in favor.
| | www.theguardian.com
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| US president admits to concern Russian counterpart does not want to 'stop the war' and ponders new approach to Moscow