Vitalik’s take is galaxy-brained (is there an opposite of the term “scissor statement”?). Bostrom published the paper Existential Risk as a Global Priority in 2013 containing this picture:
and Yudkowsky probably already wrote a ton about this ~15 years ago, and yet both of them seem to have failed to rise to the challenge today of resolving the escalating situation with e/acc- at least not to this degree of effectiveness. Yudkowsky was trying to get massive twitter dunks and Bostrom was trying to bait controversy to get podcast views, and that sure looks a lot like both of them ended up as slaves to the algorithm’s attention-maximizing behavior reinforcement (something something thermodynamic downhill).
I think it’s relevant that Vitalik is 29, Bostrom is 50, and Yudkowsky is 44 (plus he has major chronic health issues).
I’d also say that the broader society has been much more supportive of Vitalik than it has been of Bostrom and Yudkowsky (billionaire, TIME cover, 5M Twitter followers, etc), putting him in a better place personally to try to do the ~political work of uniting people. He is also far more respected by the folks in the accelerationist camp making it more worthwhile for him to invest in an intellectual account that includes their dreams of the future (which he largely shares).
Likely this podcast episode where Bostrom essentially says that he’s concerned that with current trends there might be too much opposition to AI, though he still thinks we should place more concern than our current level of concern:
Vitalik’s take is galaxy-brained (is there an opposite of the term “scissor statement”?). Bostrom published the paper Existential Risk as a Global Priority in 2013 containing this picture:
and Yudkowsky probably already wrote a ton about this ~15 years ago, and yet both of them seem to have failed to rise to the challenge today of resolving the escalating situation with e/acc- at least not to this degree of effectiveness. Yudkowsky was trying to get massive twitter dunks and Bostrom was trying to bait controversy to get podcast views, and that sure looks a lot like both of them ended up as slaves to the algorithm’s attention-maximizing behavior reinforcement (something something thermodynamic downhill).
I think it’s relevant that Vitalik is 29, Bostrom is 50, and Yudkowsky is 44 (plus he has major chronic health issues).
I’d also say that the broader society has been much more supportive of Vitalik than it has been of Bostrom and Yudkowsky (billionaire, TIME cover, 5M Twitter followers, etc), putting him in a better place personally to try to do the ~political work of uniting people. He is also far more respected by the folks in the accelerationist camp making it more worthwhile for him to invest in an intellectual account that includes their dreams of the future (which he largely shares).
Strong epistemic upvoted, this is very helpful way for any reader. I only wrote the original comment because I thought it was worth putting out there.
I’m still glad I included Bostrom’s infographic though.
What’s this referring to?
Likely this podcast episode where Bostrom essentially says that he’s concerned that with current trends there might be too much opposition to AI, though he still thinks we should place more concern than our current level of concern: