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Ours is the era of inadequate AI alignment theory. Any other facts about this era are relatively unimportant, but sometimes I tweet about them anyway.

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    Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 12 Dec 2016

    Diseases in general are pretty much the last remaining problem humanity has, that doesn't consist of us shooting ourselves in the foot.

    1:52 PM - 12 Dec 2016
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      2. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Uh, not counting antibiotic-resistant diseases, and a whole lot of other stuff, and the FDA and the cost of medical care.

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Alex Andronikou‏ @lex_andronikou 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        earthquakes, hurricanes, natural disasters

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      4. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @lex_andronikou

        How much do hurricanes hurt rich people in rich countries? Those who die of starvation die of our inadequacy. Cancer not so.

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      2. David Fendrich‏ @fnedrik 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        wasn't it always so? What non-disease related fundamental problems have been solved?

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      3. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @fnedrik

        Food. Wolves. Heat in wintertime. Cool in summertime. Clothing. Shelter. You know, all the stuff life used to be about.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Serban Tanasa‏ @serbantanasa 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Is aging a disease?

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      3. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @serbantanasa

        Obviously yes.

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      1. Noah Topper‏ @NoahTopper 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Although there is a lot of foot shooting to deal with, too.

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      1. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Also, natural disasters, aging, and nature itself (including the nature of people, but that might be pedantic).

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      1. Nicholas Gilyak‏ @preinfarction 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Heat death and the expansion of the universe?

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      2. Joshua Brulé‏ @jtcbrule 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        I saw a research talk suggesting that we can cure certain diseases by infecting the patient with a genetically engineered... 1/

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      3. Joshua Brulé‏ @jtcbrule 12 Dec 2016
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        ...strain that outcompetes the original & is dependent on some thing that the patient regularly ingests during treatment.

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      4. Joshua Brulé‏ @jtcbrule 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jtcbrule @ESYudkowsky

        Then, the patient stops taking it, and the genetically engineered strain promptly dies. There was much screaming in my head.

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      5. Joshua Brulé‏ @jtcbrule 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jtcbrule @ESYudkowsky

        I'd imagine this approach rarely ends up shooting yourself in the foot, but if you miss, you're blowing your whole damn leg off

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      1. Ty‏ @tyunderwood 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        what about meteors?

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      1. Murphy‏ @MilitantHobo 13 Dec 2016
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        SMOD maybe? though is that a problem or a solution?

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      1. brendan‏ @brendan_49 12 Dec 2016
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        Africa?

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      1. Boris Smus‏Verified account @borismus 12 Dec 2016
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        Yep, diseases of the mind covers a lot of ground.

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      1. Karl Frank Jr.‏ @karlfrankjr 12 Dec 2016
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        Is @realDonaldTrump a bullet in the foot?

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