Vox's Shortform
Mar 30, 20231
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Jiro - I honestly wouldn’t be surprised through development of advanced contraceptives. Abortion as it currently stands is a last resort anyhow. Most people nowadays will take the pill, etc (a relatively recent development). A lot of the blowback to abortion has been centered on value of life - I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine some entrepreneur addressing that through advanced permanent contraceptive until such a time as a child will be wanted. Additionally, I’m aware that there can be pretty serious PTSD following abortion, and severe guilt associated with the termination of a potential sentient. I think circumstance and lack of sufficiently advanced technology in the present forces people to run a cost-benefit analysis and arrive at the conclusion that an abortion is necessary (as time is limited).
A sentient AI able to transcend spatiotemporal boundaries wouldn’t be limited by time.
Also, this is my first post so I’m entirely unfamiliar w/ the format. If I’ve done something wrong, or am out of line (wrt votes), please let me know as I’m just generally excited to have found this community and don’t want to detract :)
Well, it goes back to the concept of "W/ scarce resources, if you kill off 90% of the population today, but can guarantee the survival of humanity and avoid an extinction event, then are you actually increasing utility of humanity in the long-term even if unethical in the short term (how very Thanos - a million issues w/ his reasoning though)? Similarly, instead of looking at the 90% population extinction event as an immediate event instead look at punishment of resisting humans inhibiting the AI as a time segment. Say we have 20-30 years before this AI is potentially developed. Is punishing 90% of these resisting humans who live... (read more)
Nice thinking - that being said, the punishment is predicated on actions/decisions in the present and future. As you mention - the AI punishes people for not pursuing its creation. Under this condition, there will inevitably be a few who will contribute to the creation of this AI (whether from interest or fear).
With this in mind, the AI will not have to punish everyone if it eventually is developed, only the portion of the population that resisted or fought its creation. You additionally note the issue of past generations being finite and future generations being infinite. With this considered, a friendly AI could reason that its... (read more)
This is great, thank you for the reflection. Cultivating friendship is definitely a skill that becomes significantly more important with age, and more important given friend groups have a tendency to stagnate or become static over time.
I wish there existed more "third place" environments (outside of a bar, club, etc) where social skills could be intentionally cultivated and encouraged.