Amazing how underdiscussed this essay is. I guess it's because everyone accepts it as obvious and inevitable. People have resigned themselves to performative rebellion agaist daddy sama safe in the knowledge that he is securing our future.
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I have no idea. I've been meaning to read up on Georgism for years now. One of these days...
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Sam described the future where things gone well. But ppl are generally more concerned about risks. Who could think we’re gonna talk about war these days?!
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Seems the subtext is pretty clear that whoever builds the first strong AI will prevent others from doing so. The dangers of proliferation are much greater than from nuclear weapons.
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I actually think the reason it is under discussed is because it is written once: where as AI Twitter updates about Dall-e, PaLM, etc happen every day bc people constantly interact with these and discuss every new delta. People discuss news 100-100x more than old books/essays
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It basically hasn't been discussed at all though? Even in places you might expect: hn.algolia.com/?q=moores.sama
Posted once when it was first written and that's it.
Especially considering the magnitude of the claims - it's really something the establishment should be taking seriously.
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1000x undervalued and undertweeted. The text is at the same time deep, strong, fascinating and terrifying. It's a detailed closer look to the future coming.
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