The question-asker here looks too much like a caricature. This might be more representative of people in the real world, but it still gives off a bad vibe here.
Even so, one of the most common objections I hear is simply “it sounds like weird sci-fi stuff” and then people dismiss the idea as totally impossible. Honestly, this really seems to be how people react to it!
My thinking about this is that most people usually ask the question “how weird does something have to be until it’s not true anymore”, or less likely to be true, and don’t really realize that particle physics already demonstrated long ago that there just isn’t a limit at all.
I was like this for an embarrassingly long time; lightcones and Grabby Aliens, of course that was real, just look at it. But philosophy? Consciousness ethics? Nah, that’s a bunch of bunk, or at least someone else’s problem.
The question-asker here looks too much like a caricature. This might be more representative of people in the real world, but it still gives off a bad vibe here.
I recommend making the question-asker’s personality look more like the question-asker in Scott Alexander’s Superintelligence FAQ. Should be a quick fix.
Great image, BTW! I don’t think it’s the final form but it’s a great idea worthy of refinement.
Even so, one of the most common objections I hear is simply “it sounds like weird sci-fi stuff” and then people dismiss the idea as totally impossible. Honestly, this really seems to be how people react to it!
My thinking about this is that most people usually ask the question “how weird does something have to be until it’s not true anymore”, or less likely to be true, and don’t really realize that particle physics already demonstrated long ago that there just isn’t a limit at all.
I was like this for an embarrassingly long time; lightcones and Grabby Aliens, of course that was real, just look at it. But philosophy? Consciousness ethics? Nah, that’s a bunch of bunk, or at least someone else’s problem.
Thanks. I made some edits to the questions. I’m open to more suggestions.
This is already version 3 of that image (see v1,v2) but I’m also very open to suggestions on that too.