Such a drug would be enormously valuable. If it worked, presumably it would give people at least one extra waking hour per day, and maybe the “higher resilience and productivity” side effects would be real too.
This would probably increase the rate of technological advancement, including the advancement of AI capabilities. I worry that increasing AI capabilities will shorten AGI timelines.
That’s certainly possible. But it would also accelerate the advancement of AI safety. And I think we’d all be better off if both groups of researchers were more resilient to stress and sleep deprivation—they’d probably write fewer bugs, for example.
This would probably increase the rate of technological advancement, including the advancement of AI capabilities. I worry that increasing AI capabilities will shorten AGI timelines.
That’s certainly possible. But it would also accelerate the advancement of AI safety. And I think we’d all be better off if both groups of researchers were more resilient to stress and sleep deprivation—they’d probably write fewer bugs, for example.