I view a part of this as “maximizing the probability of the world to enable “God’s mind” to faithfully model reality [1] and operate at its best across all timescales”. At minimum this means intelligence enhancement, human-brain symbiosis, microplastics/pollution reduction, reduction in brain aging rate, and reducing default mode noise (eg tFUS, loosening up all tied knots).
The sooner we can achieve a harmonious global workspace, the better (bc memory and our ability to hold the most faithful/error-minimizing representation will decay). There is a precipice, a period of danger where our minds are vulnerable to non-globally coherent/self deceptive thoughts that could run their own incentives to self destroy, but if we can get over this precipice, then the universe becomes more probabilistically likely to generate futures with our faithful values and thoughts.
But there are still numerous Pareto efficient improvements and the sooner we do the Pareto efficient improvements (like semaglutide, canagliflozin, microplastic/pollution reduction, pain reduction, factoring out historic debt, QRI stuff), the higher the chances of ultimate alignment of “God’s thought”. It’s interesting that the god of formal verification, davidad, is also concerned about microplastics
book says “”As stated, one of the main things I make-believe is true is the overlighting intelligence with which I align myself. I speculate that I am in a co-creative relationship with an intelligence and will infinitely superior to my own. I observe that I exist within energetic patterns that flow like currents. I observe that when I act in alignment with these subtle energetic currents, all goes well, desires manifest, direction is clear, ease and smoothness are natural. I observe that I have developed a high degree of sensitivity to this energy, and that I’m able to make micro-corrections before any significant non-smoothness occurs.”″
I view a part of this as “maximizing the probability of the world to enable “God’s mind” to faithfully model reality [1] and operate at its best across all timescales”. At minimum this means intelligence enhancement, human-brain symbiosis, microplastics/pollution reduction, reduction in brain aging rate, and reducing default mode noise (eg tFUS, loosening up all tied knots).
The sooner we can achieve a harmonious global workspace, the better (bc memory and our ability to hold the most faithful/error-minimizing representation will decay). There is a precipice, a period of danger where our minds are vulnerable to non-globally coherent/self deceptive thoughts that could run their own incentives to self destroy, but if we can get over this precipice, then the universe becomes more probabilistically likely to generate futures with our faithful values and thoughts.
Some trade-offs have difficult calculations/no clear answers to make (eg learning increases DNA error rates—https://twitter.com/gaurav_ven/status/1773415984931459160?t=8TChCcEfRzH60z0W1bCClQ&s=19 ) and others are the “urgency vs verifiability tradeoff” and the accels and decel debate
But there are still numerous Pareto efficient improvements and the sooner we do the Pareto efficient improvements (like semaglutide, canagliflozin, microplastic/pollution reduction, pain reduction, factoring out historic debt, QRI stuff), the higher the chances of ultimate alignment of “God’s thought”. It’s interesting that the god of formal verification, davidad, is also concerned about microplastics
Possibly relevant people
Sam Altman has this to say:
https://archive.ph/G7VVt#selection-1607.0-1887.9
book says “”As stated, one of the main things I make-believe is true is the overlighting intelligence with which I align myself. I speculate that I am in a co-creative relationship with an intelligence and will infinitely superior to my own. I observe that I exist within energetic patterns that flow like currents. I observe that when I act in alignment with these subtle energetic currents, all goes well, desires manifest, direction is clear, ease and smoothness are natural. I observe that I have developed a high degree of sensitivity to this energy, and that I’m able to make micro-corrections before any significant non-smoothness occurs.”″
Bobby azarian has a wonderful related book “romance of reality” https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/layzer/
Maybe slightly related: https://twitter.com/shw0rma/status/1771212311753048135?t=qZx3U2PyFxiVCk8NBOjWqg&s=19
https://x.com/VictorTaelin?t=mPe_Orak_SG3X9f91aIWjw&s=09
https://twitter.com/AndyAyrey/status/1773428441498685569?t=sCGMUhlSH2e7M8sEPJu6cg&s=19 https://liberaugmen.com/#shock-level-3 sid mani! reducing noise: https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1766509149297189274
[1] on some timescale, the best way to predict the future is to build it