this particular abstract philosophy could end up having a pretty large practical import for all people
Eliezer:
Personally, I am not disputing the importance of friendliness. My question is, what do you think I should do about it?
If I were an AI expert, I would not be reading this blog since there is clearly very little technical content here.
My time would be simply too valuable to waste reading or writing popular futurism.
I certainly wouldn’t post everyday, just to recapitulate the same material with minor variations (basically just killing time).
Of course, I’m not an expert… but you are. So instead of preaching the end of the world, why aren’t you frantically searching for a way to defer it?
Unless, perhaps, you have given up?
Eliezer:
Personally, I am not disputing the importance of friendliness. My question is, what do you think I should do about it?
If I were an AI expert, I would not be reading this blog since there is clearly very little technical content here.
My time would be simply too valuable to waste reading or writing popular futurism.
I certainly wouldn’t post everyday, just to recapitulate the same material with minor variations (basically just killing time).
Of course, I’m not an expert… but you are. So instead of preaching the end of the world, why aren’t you frantically searching for a way to defer it?
Unless, perhaps, you have given up?