I think people who want really big meta changes get drawn to AI issues—where I do think that your perspective gets at something really important is that summoning an AI god who doesn’t kill is all immediately does not mean that everyone will have access to good things and control over their lives automatically.
I think a really underemphasized cause area is creating policies and institutions to ensure that success in ai alignment creates an utopia for everyone, rather than allowing a tiny group of people to control everything forever.
I agree, and I think shoring up democracy and creating strong public guarantees of human wellbeing/opportunity like the social safety net and public goods including parks and education are great ways to do that.
AIs will still have to work with governments, so we want to be in a place of strong social cohesion and international cooperation when singularity is reached.
Summoning AI Jesus is the ultimate system change?
I think people who want really big meta changes get drawn to AI issues—where I do think that your perspective gets at something really important is that summoning an AI god who doesn’t kill is all immediately does not mean that everyone will have access to good things and control over their lives automatically.
I think a really underemphasized cause area is creating policies and institutions to ensure that success in ai alignment creates an utopia for everyone, rather than allowing a tiny group of people to control everything forever.
I agree, and I think shoring up democracy and creating strong public guarantees of human wellbeing/opportunity like the social safety net and public goods including parks and education are great ways to do that.
AIs will still have to work with governments, so we want to be in a place of strong social cohesion and international cooperation when singularity is reached.