Super cool! Yes, for sure! The Southwest is under-represented in EA :)
Alex Long
đïž EA is in AlbuÂquerque!
Please provide feedÂback on AI-safety grant proÂposal, thanks!
Even if AI kills every human on Earth that doesnât mean itâs an existential threat necessarily. Humans evolved naturally once so whoâs to say that couldnât happen again if we all died? Whoâs to say it hasnât already happened on another planet? If you want to really go to an extreme, maybe weâre in a simulation so none of us exist anyways and even if our AI does kill us all thereâd still be plenty of intelligent life forms outside of the simulation whoâd be fine.
A common thing I hear is that if there are potentially trillions or more possible humans who could exist in the future then any marginal reduction of existential risk is worth doing, but that view seems to be making some big assumptions about the universe we live in and how intelligent life emerged. I havenât heard anyone mention this before in ex-risk /â longterm discussion but Iâm sure Iâm not the first one to think it so I figured Iâd post it here.
As an experiment I converted the google sheets into a Notion database and plugged a map into it if anyoneâs curious. (Keep in mind this isnât in sync with the gsheet anymore) Map view of Notion database: https://ââapp.notionmaps.com/ââmap/ââea-houses-l4re6115