Executive summary: Our potential influence on future cosmic civilizations and actors beyond Earth deserves greater consideration in AI safety and other decisions, as these interactions may represent a significant portion of our long-term impact.
Key points:
Several models suggest future cosmic interactions are plausible: our early emergence in universe timeline, “grabby aliens” theory, possibility of silent cosmic rulers, and evidential cooperation across space-time.
While speculative, the combined probability of meaningful cosmic influence isn’t negligibly low, and the potential scale warrants serious consideration despite uncertain tractability.
Common biases (temporal, spatial, and partiality) may cause us to undervalue potential impacts on cosmic actors relative to more immediate human-centric concerns.
Key recommendation: Incorporate cosmic impact considerations more explicitly into AI safety work and research, while maintaining an attitude of humility and cosmic considerateness.
This perspective represents an opportunity—if cosmic influence comprises a large portion of our expected impact, focusing on it could significantly increase our positive influence on the future.
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Executive summary: Our potential influence on future cosmic civilizations and actors beyond Earth deserves greater consideration in AI safety and other decisions, as these interactions may represent a significant portion of our long-term impact.
Key points:
Several models suggest future cosmic interactions are plausible: our early emergence in universe timeline, “grabby aliens” theory, possibility of silent cosmic rulers, and evidential cooperation across space-time.
While speculative, the combined probability of meaningful cosmic influence isn’t negligibly low, and the potential scale warrants serious consideration despite uncertain tractability.
Common biases (temporal, spatial, and partiality) may cause us to undervalue potential impacts on cosmic actors relative to more immediate human-centric concerns.
Key recommendation: Incorporate cosmic impact considerations more explicitly into AI safety work and research, while maintaining an attitude of humility and cosmic considerateness.
This perspective represents an opportunity—if cosmic influence comprises a large portion of our expected impact, focusing on it could significantly increase our positive influence on the future.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.