I can relate to you on some aspects. I am not feeling depressed at all but I’m a bit scared that I was born too early to really benefit from AGI.
This perspective ignores future generations, which is admittedly a weakness. However, prioritizing future generations above oneself and one’s loved ones is psychologically hard.
Do you have children? I don’t but I am under the impression that people who do say that this changes a bit once you have children. (because of soon to be born grandchildren I guess?)
Do you have children? I don’t but I am under the impression that people who do say that this changes a bit once you have children. (because of soon to be born grandchildren I guess?)
Nope, I don’t have kids. That might change how I feel about things, by a lot.
Anyway, when I said “future generations”, I wasn’t thinking of kids, grandkids, or great-grandkids, but generations far, far into the future, which would — in an optimistic scenario — comprise 99.9%+ of the total population of humans (or transhumans or post-humans) over time.
I wonder how much the typical person or the typical LessWrong enjoyer would viscerally, limbically care about, say, A) all the people alive today and born within the next 1,000 years vs. B) everyone born (or created) in 3024 A.D. onward.
Thanks for sharing this view.
I can relate to you on some aspects. I am not feeling depressed at all but I’m a bit scared that I was born too early to really benefit from AGI.
Do you have children? I don’t but I am under the impression that people who do say that this changes a bit once you have children. (because of soon to be born grandchildren I guess?)
Nope, I don’t have kids. That might change how I feel about things, by a lot.
Anyway, when I said “future generations”, I wasn’t thinking of kids, grandkids, or great-grandkids, but generations far, far into the future, which would — in an optimistic scenario — comprise 99.9%+ of the total population of humans (or transhumans or post-humans) over time.
I wonder how much the typical person or the typical LessWrong enjoyer would viscerally, limbically care about, say, A) all the people alive today and born within the next 1,000 years vs. B) everyone born (or created) in 3024 A.D. onward.