Because 1) I want AGI to cure my depression, 2) I want AGI to cure aging before I or my loved ones die
You can try to look at this statements separately.
For 1):
Timelines and projections of depression treatments coming from medical/psychiatry research are much better than even optimistic timelines for (superintelligent) AGI.
Moreover, acceleration of scientific/medial/biochemical research due to weaker but advanced AI makes it even more likely that depression treatments would get better, way before AGI could cure anything.
I think that it is very likely that depression treatments can be significantly improved without waiting for AGI—with human science and technology.
I’m genuinely curious what you mean, and why you think so. I’m open to disagreement and pushback; that’s part of why I published this post.
By all means, please fact-check away!
Tesla “autopilot” is a fancy drive assist. It might turn around in future, but not with it’s current hardware. It’s not a good way to measure self-driving progress.
Waymo has all but solved self-driving, and has been continuously improving for all important metrics, exponentially for many of them.
I don’t think I have thanatophobia. The first test that shows up on Google is kind of ridiculous. It almost asks, “Do you have thanatophobia?”
Yea, I overestimated quality of online tests. I guess if you had phobia you would know from panic attacks or strong anxiety?
what about this description, of overthinking/rumination/obsession, does this seem relevant to how you feel?
You can try to look at this statements separately.
For 1):
Timelines and projections of depression treatments coming from medical/psychiatry research are much better than even optimistic timelines for (superintelligent) AGI.
Moreover, acceleration of scientific/medial/biochemical research due to weaker but advanced AI makes it even more likely that depression treatments would get better, way before AGI could cure anything.
I think that it is very likely that depression treatments can be significantly improved without waiting for AGI—with human science and technology.
Tesla “autopilot” is a fancy drive assist. It might turn around in future, but not with it’s current hardware. It’s not a good way to measure self-driving progress.
Waymo has all but solved self-driving, and has been continuously improving for all important metrics, exponentially for many of them.
Yea, I overestimated quality of online tests. I guess if you had phobia you would know from panic attacks or strong anxiety?
what about this description, of overthinking/rumination/obsession, does this seem relevant to how you feel?
https://www.tranceformpsychology.com/problems/overthinking.html