This isn’t abolitionism. Manumission means “letting go”.
“Its mandate was to promote gradual emancipation”
Yeah, freeing slaves, but not necessarily abolishing the institution. I’m not trying to be difficult— I think this difference in goals is the point.
And it’s fine if you want to bite the bullet and say you wouldn’t be a radical abolitionist, but most modern people think they would have.
What you quoted is more like voluntary safety commitments— I think both anti-slavery and AI Safety should not be left to the whims of the guilty parties to carry out.
Yeah, I agree that the hypothetical EA seems less like a “radical” abolitionist (for some definition of “radical”).
This isn’t abolitionism. Manumission means “letting go”.
“Its mandate was to promote gradual emancipation”
Yeah, freeing slaves, but not necessarily abolishing the institution. I’m not trying to be difficult— I think this difference in goals is the point.
And it’s fine if you want to bite the bullet and say you wouldn’t be a radical abolitionist, but most modern people think they would have.
What you quoted is more like voluntary safety commitments— I think both anti-slavery and AI Safety should not be left to the whims of the guilty parties to carry out.
Yeah, I agree that the hypothetical EA seems less like a “radical” abolitionist (for some definition of “radical”).