With all due respect, I see no evidence that elites are harder to fool now than they were in the past. For concrete examples, look at the ones who flipped to Trump over several years. The Corruption of Lindsey Graham gives an especially clear portrayal about how one elite went from condemning Trump to becoming a die-hard supporter.
I dislike a lot about Mr. Graham. But there is no question that he was smart and well aware of how authoritarians gain power. He saw the risk posed by Trump very clearly. However he knew himself to be smart, and thought he could ride the tiger. Instead, his mind got eaten.
Moving on, I believe that you are underestimating the mass psychology stuff. Remember, I’m suggesting it as a floor to what could already be done. New capabilities and discoveries allow us to do more. But what should already be possible is scary enough.
However that is a big topic. I went into it in AI as Super-Demagogue which you will hopefully find interesting.
I think that it’s generally really hard to get a good sense of what’s going on when it comes to politicians, because so much of what they do is intended to make a persona believable and disguise the fact that most of the policymaking happens elsewhere.
Moving on, I believe that you are underestimating the mass psychology stuff. Remember, I’m suggesting it as a floor to what could already be done. New capabilities and discoveries allow us to do more. But what should already be possible is scary enough.
That’s right, the whole point of the situation is that everything I’ve suggested is largely just a floor for what’s possible, and in order to know the current state of the limitations, you need to have the actual data sets + watch the innovation as it happens. Hence why the minimum precautions are so important.
With all due respect, I see no evidence that elites are harder to fool now than they were in the past. For concrete examples, look at the ones who flipped to Trump over several years. The Corruption of Lindsey Graham gives an especially clear portrayal about how one elite went from condemning Trump to becoming a die-hard supporter.
I dislike a lot about Mr. Graham. But there is no question that he was smart and well aware of how authoritarians gain power. He saw the risk posed by Trump very clearly. However he knew himself to be smart, and thought he could ride the tiger. Instead, his mind got eaten.
Moving on, I believe that you are underestimating the mass psychology stuff. Remember, I’m suggesting it as a floor to what could already be done. New capabilities and discoveries allow us to do more. But what should already be possible is scary enough.
However that is a big topic. I went into it in AI as Super-Demagogue which you will hopefully find interesting.
I think that it’s generally really hard to get a good sense of what’s going on when it comes to politicians, because so much of what they do is intended to make a persona believable and disguise the fact that most of the policymaking happens elsewhere.
That’s right, the whole point of the situation is that everything I’ve suggested is largely just a floor for what’s possible, and in order to know the current state of the limitations, you need to have the actual data sets + watch the innovation as it happens. Hence why the minimum precautions are so important.
I’ll read this tomorrow or the day after, this research area has tons of low-hanging fruit and few people looking into it.