@Eliezer Yudkowsky said: Spindizzy and sophiesdad, I’ve spent quite a while ramming headlong into the problem of preventing the end of the world. Doing things the obvious way has a great deal to be said for it; but it’s been slow going, and some help would be nice. Research help, in particular, seems to me to probably require someone to read all this stuff at the age of 15 and then study on their own for 7 years after that, so I figured I’d better get started on the writing now.
I have posted this before without answer, but I’ll try again. You are working alone while seeking an “assistant” who may currently be 15, offering subsistence wages (see Singularity Institute) . While I am aware that there is great fear of government involvement in FAI, governments could bring together a new “Manhattan Project” of the greatest minds in the fields of engineering, mathematics, and computer science. If you alone knew how to handle all the aspects, you would already be doing it, instead of thinking about it. Surely you must believe that a good result is more important than personal credit for “preventing the end of the world”? Einstein himself did not believe that the power of the atom could be harnessed by humans, yet when he was combined with a TEAM, it was done in three years.
Secondly, you have no way to know what other governments may be doing in clandestine AI research. Why not strive to be first? Yes, I’m well aware that the initial outcome of the Manhattan Project was far from “friendly”, but my cousin in the CIA tells me the US govt has first refusal on any technology that might be vital to national security. I think AI qualifies, so why not use their resources and power? Someone will, and they might not not have your “friendly” persuasions.
@Eliezer Yudkowsky said: Spindizzy and sophiesdad, I’ve spent quite a while ramming headlong into the problem of preventing the end of the world. Doing things the obvious way has a great deal to be said for it; but it’s been slow going, and some help would be nice. Research help, in particular, seems to me to probably require someone to read all this stuff at the age of 15 and then study on their own for 7 years after that, so I figured I’d better get started on the writing now.
I have posted this before without answer, but I’ll try again. You are working alone while seeking an “assistant” who may currently be 15, offering subsistence wages (see Singularity Institute) . While I am aware that there is great fear of government involvement in FAI, governments could bring together a new “Manhattan Project” of the greatest minds in the fields of engineering, mathematics, and computer science. If you alone knew how to handle all the aspects, you would already be doing it, instead of thinking about it. Surely you must believe that a good result is more important than personal credit for “preventing the end of the world”? Einstein himself did not believe that the power of the atom could be harnessed by humans, yet when he was combined with a TEAM, it was done in three years.
Secondly, you have no way to know what other governments may be doing in clandestine AI research. Why not strive to be first? Yes, I’m well aware that the initial outcome of the Manhattan Project was far from “friendly”, but my cousin in the CIA tells me the US govt has first refusal on any technology that might be vital to national security. I think AI qualifies, so why not use their resources and power? Someone will, and they might not not have your “friendly” persuasions.