This piece is a study in contrast and coherence between different narratives for understanding AI, namely the perspectives of AI Doomers, AI Accelerationists, and AI Ethicists. I have substantial background with the AI Doomer narrative, and I’m quite sympathetic to it. I name it here as a narrative rather than...
Is it the end of all value? It’s an important question. It’s a terrifying vision near the root of local AI thought. That our silicon successors, robotic and soulless, may conquer us – and the universe – only to spend the cosmic gift on something meaningless. In eternal pursuit of...
Meta: This post grapples with the fundamentals of alignment, which are simultaneously well-trodden ground and quite confusing. I've spent enough time with this post that I no longer have a sense for if the topics are trivial or insightful – I can only imagine that will depend on the reader....