For years I've been wanting to put together a research or reading group to work on value alignment. I started a meetup group, gave a number of talks on x-risk and machine ethics, and even kicked around the idea of founding my own futurist institute.
None of this went anywhere.
So: if someone in the Denver/Boulder Colorado area happens to read this comment and wants to hel with some of these goals, get in touch with me on Facebook or at fowlertm9@gmail.com.
Also, I am putting together a futurist speaker series on behalf of the Da Vinci Institute, and if...
(Re-posted from Facebook):
I like this analysis and even agree with it as far as it goes. What you seem to be describing here is something I've called 'introspective scaffolding', which helps because introspection is shallow and we're not good at it.
Once I did a similar sort of breakdown, comparing literary criticism to a kind of 'applied apophenia':
https://rulerstothesky.com/2016/09/15/applied-apophenia/
The problem I see here is the same problem I have with Sophisticated Theists who, in formal discussions, define God as a non... (read more)