I share most of your concerns, but I also feel that I have some even more weird thoughts on specific things, and I often feel like, “What the fuck did I get myself into?”
Now, as I’ve basically been into AI Safety for the last 4 years, I’ve really tried to dive deep into the nature of agency. You get into some very weird parts of trying to computationally define the boundary between an agent and the things surrounding it and the division between individual and collective intelligence just starts to break down a bit.
At the same time I’ve meditated a bunch and tried to figure out what the hell the “no-self” theory to the mind and body problem all was about and I’m basically leaning more towards some sort of panpsychist IIT interpretation of consciousness at the moment.
I also believe that only the “self” can suffer and that the self is only in the map and not the territory. The self is rather a useful abstraction that is kept alive by your belief that it exists since you will interpret the evidence that comes in as being part of “you.” It is therefore a self-fulfilling prophecy or part of “dependent origination”.
A part of me then thinks the most effective thing I could do is examine the “self” definition within AIs to determine when it is likely to develop. This feels very much like a “what?” conclusion, so I’m just trying to minimise x-risk instead, as it seems like an easier pill to swallow.
Yeah, so I kind of feel really weird about it, so uhh, to feeling weird, I guess? Respect for keeping going in that direction though, much respect.
Damn, I really resonated with this post.
I share most of your concerns, but I also feel that I have some even more weird thoughts on specific things, and I often feel like, “What the fuck did I get myself into?”
Now, as I’ve basically been into AI Safety for the last 4 years, I’ve really tried to dive deep into the nature of agency. You get into some very weird parts of trying to computationally define the boundary between an agent and the things surrounding it and the division between individual and collective intelligence just starts to break down a bit.
At the same time I’ve meditated a bunch and tried to figure out what the hell the “no-self” theory to the mind and body problem all was about and I’m basically leaning more towards some sort of panpsychist IIT interpretation of consciousness at the moment.
I also believe that only the “self” can suffer and that the self is only in the map and not the territory. The self is rather a useful abstraction that is kept alive by your belief that it exists since you will interpret the evidence that comes in as being part of “you.” It is therefore a self-fulfilling prophecy or part of “dependent origination”.
A part of me then thinks the most effective thing I could do is examine the “self” definition within AIs to determine when it is likely to develop. This feels very much like a “what?” conclusion, so I’m just trying to minimise x-risk instead, as it seems like an easier pill to swallow.
Yeah, so I kind of feel really weird about it, so uhh, to feeling weird, I guess? Respect for keeping going in that direction though, much respect.