Probably not, especially not in the sense that anyone wanting to implement a low-effort version of this project should feel discouraged. (“Low-effort versions” of this would mostly help make the lives for people in post-apocalyptic scenarios less scary and more easily survivable, which seems obviously valuable. Beyond that, insofar as you manage to preserve information, that seems likely positive despite the caveats I mentioned!)
Still, before people start high-effort versions of the idea that go more in the direction of “civilization re-starter kits” (like vast storages of items to build self-functioning communities) or super bunkers, I’d personally like to see a more in-depth evaluation of the concerns.
For what it’s worth, improving the quality of a newly rebuilt civilization seems more important than making sure rebuilding happens at all even according to the total view on population ethics (that’s my guess at least – though it depends on how totalists would view futures controlled by non-aligned AI), so investigating whether there are ways to focus especially on wisdom and coordination abilities of a new civilization seems important also from that perspective.
Paragraph 1:
Yeah, saving humanity from [near] extinction is my Plan A.
Paragraph 2+3+4:
I don’t know how to change humanity’s direction.
Do you think this disqualifies the project?
Probably not, especially not in the sense that anyone wanting to implement a low-effort version of this project should feel discouraged. (“Low-effort versions” of this would mostly help make the lives for people in post-apocalyptic scenarios less scary and more easily survivable, which seems obviously valuable. Beyond that, insofar as you manage to preserve information, that seems likely positive despite the caveats I mentioned!)
Still, before people start high-effort versions of the idea that go more in the direction of “civilization re-starter kits” (like vast storages of items to build self-functioning communities) or super bunkers, I’d personally like to see a more in-depth evaluation of the concerns.
For what it’s worth, improving the quality of a newly rebuilt civilization seems more important than making sure rebuilding happens at all even according to the total view on population ethics (that’s my guess at least – though it depends on how totalists would view futures controlled by non-aligned AI), so investigating whether there are ways to focus especially on wisdom and coordination abilities of a new civilization seems important also from that perspective.