Crucial Considerations

TagLast edit: Sep 22, 2020, 3:00 AM by Ruby

Crucial considerations are ideas that potentially imply radical changes to our world-view and priorities. The term was coined by Nick Bostrom.

External links

‘Crucial Considerations and Wise Philanthropy’, by Nick Bostrom

casebashMar 31, 2017, 12:52 PM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.stafforini.com)

Crucial Considerations

RaemonMay 1, 2018, 6:54 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it

SiebeJun 20, 2019, 8:22 PM

24 points

19 comments20 min readLW link

FLI Podcast: The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity with Toby Ord

Palus AstraApr 1, 2020, 1:02 AM

7 points

1 comment46 min readLW link

My current framework for thinking about AGI timelines

zhukeepaMar 30, 2020, 1:23 AM

107 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

FHI Essay Competition

GedusaNov 4, 2011, 1:28 PM

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

No comments.

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