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markdon10

How many conservative laypeople (i.e. not policymakers or similar professionals) have you spoken to about this topic? This post doesn't mention christianity even once, which may imply you have a poor understanding of the median conservative person's worldview.

6Cameron Berg
We've spoken to numerous policymakers and thinkers in DC. The goal is to optimize for explaining to these folks why alignment is important, rather than the median conservative person per se (ie, DC policymakers are not "median conservatives").
markdon30

Quick Take: Lesswrong needs more experts in pharmacology and neuroscience

Future of humanity depends on future of technology, and which paths we take. Technologies that change what a human being does seem more important than technologies that don't do this.

Lesswrong has experts in information tech, genetics and AI. It's missing experts in the other technologies that can massively change what a human does.


Ways to influence or change a human a lot:

1. Genetics

 - main example is genetic engineering of humans

 - but could also be genetically engineered ... (read more)