Not speaking for Flaglandbase, but I’d argue the world right now (or rather, life on earth) is super bad because it’s dominated by animal suffering. I’m also happy most days.
I’d argue the world right now (or rather, life on earth) is super bad because it’s dominated by animal suffering
I agree with this, and the overall history of the world is definitely on balance extreme suffering.
For farmed animals in particular, we don’t need AGI to end their plight. Just regular economic growth and advocacy will do.
Also, given how much time we’ve been suffering already, and how much is at stake; would it be so bad to delay AGI by 100 or 200 years? We can do a lot of alignment research in that time.
Not speaking for Flaglandbase, but I’d argue the world right now (or rather, life on earth) is super bad because it’s dominated by animal suffering. I’m also happy most days.
I agree with this, and the overall history of the world is definitely on balance extreme suffering.
For farmed animals in particular, we don’t need AGI to end their plight. Just regular economic growth and advocacy will do.
Also, given how much time we’ve been suffering already, and how much is at stake; would it be so bad to delay AGI by 100 or 200 years? We can do a lot of alignment research in that time.
Yeah, if I got to decide, I would barely factor in how bad the world is right now. Delay AGI until it’s outweighed by other x-risks.