This is an impressively comprehensive piece! The discussion of gradual disempowerment was especially interesting to me as I’ve mainly been thinking about more sudden ‘AI takeover’ scenarios.
Which of the risks do you think is currently the most neglected by economists/could be most positively impacted by economists?
That sounds great. Have you been able to work with many advocates yet?
Hi Amy, you might find this post interesting!
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KefbwQQukvkEojhK4/art-with-ea-vibes-database-what-should-i-include
Hi Alex, thanks! It certainly makes more sense now, although some questions still remain for me (maybe because I’m more of a lay person in this context). I have some experience working on comms and would be happy to discuss further off line if you’d like. Rosa :)
I think doughnut economics is interesting and have sometimes wondered where ‘an EA perspective’ would lie here. From my understanding, many EA thinkers give less attention to climate change and planetary boundaries than they do to other issues (e.g. AI and pandemic risk) and have more positive view of general economic growth than doughnut economics does. For this reason, I wonder how/if these ‘two’ lines of thoughts could/would become more aligned.
Thanks Clara!
Hi Michael, they look like interesting projects. Who is your target audience for Urban Cruise Ship (I couldn’t quite tell when I looked at the website)?
This looks like a really interesting idea Alex!
I wonder if the copy on the front page could be clearer?
From a few minute look at the front page, it’s not 100% clear to me how the project works. My interpretation is:
1) people who want to donate have a donation pool somewhere (where/how?)
2) an AI agent evaluates requests for donations (requests are uploaded by other humans)
3) the AI agent allocates the donations based on some pre-established criteria? (is this done in collaboration with the human donating the money?)
Thanks for this post. Do you see/know of any examples of ‘movements’/groups/politicians talking about this kind/these kinds of futures in ways that are gaining any traction?
Thanks for this post!