I think it’s worth mentioning that if you accept the arguments about AI that have been made on this forum since its inception, then the time horizon on which these companies need to function is more like 100 years than 1,000 years. (Because either we’ll have an unaligned superintelligence in which case we’re all dead, or we’ll have an aligned superintelligence which can take over the cryonics operations and improve them (and start on reviving).)
Yeah this is a very good point that didn’t feel like it fit neatly into the sequence proper, especially since I want the sequence to be accessible to more than just hardcore LWers. I did discuss AI timelines a bit in an appendix but didn’t make this particular point.
I think it’s worth mentioning that if you accept the arguments about AI that have been made on this forum since its inception, then the time horizon on which these companies need to function is more like 100 years than 1,000 years. (Because either we’ll have an unaligned superintelligence in which case we’re all dead, or we’ll have an aligned superintelligence which can take over the cryonics operations and improve them (and start on reviving).)
Yeah this is a very good point that didn’t feel like it fit neatly into the sequence proper, especially since I want the sequence to be accessible to more than just hardcore LWers. I did discuss AI timelines a bit in an appendix but didn’t make this particular point.