Please spare me your “optimizations on my behalf” and refrain from telling me what I should talk about. Your language gives you away—it’s the same old grandiose totalitarian mindset in a new guise. Are these criticisms well-formed enough for you?
Fears of competitive exclusion and loss of autonomy seem entirely reasonable issues to be raised by anyone who thoughtfully considers the status quo trajectory of exponential technological improvements and looming resource limitations. However, it seems to me that singularitarians are generally aiming to honestly and ethical respond to these concerns, rather than actively doing something that would make the concerns more pressing.
If this isn’t clear to people who know enough to troll with as much precision and familiarity as you, then I’d guess that something might be going wrong somewhere. Can you imagine something that you could see in this community that would allay some of your political concerns? What would constitute counter evidence for future scenarios whose prospects make you unhappy?
Please spare me your “optimizations on my behalf” and refrain from telling me what I should talk about. Your language gives you away—it’s the same old grandiose totalitarian mindset in a new guise. Are these criticisms well-formed enough for you?
Yes, thank you, that’s much more precise :-)
Fears of competitive exclusion and loss of autonomy seem entirely reasonable issues to be raised by anyone who thoughtfully considers the status quo trajectory of exponential technological improvements and looming resource limitations. However, it seems to me that singularitarians are generally aiming to honestly and ethical respond to these concerns, rather than actively doing something that would make the concerns more pressing.
If this isn’t clear to people who know enough to troll with as much precision and familiarity as you, then I’d guess that something might be going wrong somewhere. Can you imagine something that you could see in this community that would allay some of your political concerns? What would constitute counter evidence for future scenarios whose prospects make you unhappy?