One alternative, proposed by Nate, would be for researchers to stop trying to pursue de novo AGI, and instead pursue human whole-brain emulation or human cognitive enhancement.
There are a variety of underexplored approaches for human cognitive enhancement.
While none of them is risk-free or a priori guaranteed to work well, a number of these approaches look like they might be relatively inexpensive and fast to develop.
Is MIRI going to try to assist various exploratory work aimed at probing various underexplored approaches for human cognitive enhancement (at least probing those approaches which can be tried rapidly, inexpensively, and at acceptable levels of risk)?
I’d certainly be interested in hearing about them, though it currently seems pretty unlikely to me that it would make sense for MIRI to pivot to working on such things directly as opposed to encouraging others to do so (to the extent they agree with Nate/EYs view here).
There are a variety of underexplored approaches for human cognitive enhancement.
While none of them is risk-free or a priori guaranteed to work well, a number of these approaches look like they might be relatively inexpensive and fast to develop.
Is MIRI going to try to assist various exploratory work aimed at probing various underexplored approaches for human cognitive enhancement (at least probing those approaches which can be tried rapidly, inexpensively, and at acceptable levels of risk)?
I’d certainly be interested in hearing about them, though it currently seems pretty unlikely to me that it would make sense for MIRI to pivot to working on such things directly as opposed to encouraging others to do so (to the extent they agree with Nate/EYs view here).
The easiest, most rapid way is probably via non-invasive BCI, but the risk management is, of course, non-trivial...