AI ennui: a comment I’ve heard multiple times in private from tech people not working on AGI is “I’m not sure what I’m working on matters all that much… after all, AGI is going to take over anyway.” This is a mistake: even if you grant the premise, it’s like saying…
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… “I’m not sure what I’m working on matters all that much… after all, the next generation of humans is going to take over anyway.”
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
A more reasonable version of this is an argument to work on safety instead of capabilities: * Capabilities: shift the good future slightly closer to the present. * Safety: make the good future slightly more likely.
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Replying to @geoffreyirving
Nice variant. Another variant - which I’ve never heard people mention - is that it’s an argument in favour of working as a teacher, or on scaling/reforming education, or having kids.
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