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status451.com
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| | | | | "He wrote this post, and then people were hurt. There appears to be no rational evaluation of how or why this happened. No consideration of other factors in play, and no meaningful allowance for any alternative explanations." Normally I'd feel like writing this on the blog would be gauche. Believe it or not, I am... | |
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bashibazuk.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Abstract: research into the subjective states of animals is highly important for the long term future. However, the dynamics of public opinion may threaten the scientific and political environments in which ideas must be developed and implemented. I outline a particular way in which this is especially likely to happen for animal consciousness research and | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | "If the ends don't justify the means, what does?" -variously attributed "I think of myself as running on hostile hardware." -Justin Corwin Yesterday I talked about how humans may have evolved a structure of political revolution, beginning by believing themselves morally superior to the corrupt current power structure, but ending by being corrupted by power themselves-not by any plan in their own minds, but by the echo of ancestors who did the same and thereby reproduced. | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | This is a new introduction to AI as an extinction threat, previously posted to the MIRI website in February alongside a summary. It was written independently of Eliezer and Nate's forthcoming book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, and isn't a sneak peak of the book. Since the book is long and costs money, we expect this to be a valuable resource in its own right even after the book comes out next month.[1] The stated goal of the world's leading AI companies is to build AI that is general enough to do anything a human can do, from solving hard problems in theoretical physics to deftly navigating social environments. Recent machine learning progress seems to have brought this goal within reach. At this point, we would be uncomfortable ruling out the possibi... | ||
