Eliezer replied to a comment of mine recently, coming out in favor of going down the human augmentation path. I also think genetically engineered Von Neumann babies are too far off to be realistic.
If we can really crack human motivation, I expect possible productivity gains of maybe one or two OOM.
Picture a pair of reseachers, one of whom controls an electrode wired to the pleasure centers of the other. Imagine they have free access to methamphetamine and LSD.
You don’t need to be a genius to make this happen.
Eliezer replied to a comment of mine recently, coming out in favor of going down the human augmentation path. I also think genetically engineered Von Neumann babies are too far off to be realistic.
If we can really crack human motivation, I expect possible productivity gains of maybe one or two OOM.
You don’t need to be a genius to make this happen.