I agree. Progress ought to be seen as a project that humanity collectively works towards, not an inevitable consequence of Natural Law nor a corrupting addiction to be resisted.
For a new vision of progress, I think we need something like a Gaia Initiative, like the Gaia Hypothesis except that instead of presuming that the Earth functions like a giant superorganism, we frame that as a goal that humanity should strive to achieve. To that end, if we could solve alignment, I think that AGI could be used primarily as a tool for solving coordination problems, aiming to maximize sustainable cooperative harmony, both for humanity and for the global ecosystem.
I agree. Progress ought to be seen as a project that humanity collectively works towards, not an inevitable consequence of Natural Law nor a corrupting addiction to be resisted.
For a new vision of progress, I think we need something like a Gaia Initiative, like the Gaia Hypothesis except that instead of presuming that the Earth functions like a giant superorganism, we frame that as a goal that humanity should strive to achieve. To that end, if we could solve alignment, I think that AGI could be used primarily as a tool for solving coordination problems, aiming to maximize sustainable cooperative harmony, both for humanity and for the global ecosystem.