Pretty regular dude here. Fairly close to what they would call a “normie”, especially around here. Trying to be a below average joe speaking to smarter people than me. Signed up to make this comment as it’s the first post I’ve read that compelled me to do so.
I have a half baked question and a vague thought.
How do we align regular superintelligences (of the human kind)? It seems to me that you are discussing an intelligence explosion, but that it seems implicit that this is a good thing and I would like some help in understanding why. Is the situation so dire with AI intelligence explosion that a human one must exist to counter balance it? I know Eliezer suggests it as a solution.
Which leads me to my vague thought around human augmentation and the WaLuigi effect (if that’s still a thing). Also thrown into the mix is self fulfilling prophecy. (Some of my logic is along the lines that large datasets of genomes and similar information will likely utlilise stronger and stronger versions of AI to get going and continue, but a lot of my logic hasnt yet crystallized as conscious thought) I think these concepts in my mind mingle together to (possibly) create a trajectory whereby the shoggoth is summoned in full, as overlord of our new matrix as we begin to resemble the Greys of contemporary UFO folklore. (I think I mention the WaLuigi effect because it seems fairly likely to me that augmented humans stand a decent chance of wanting to go full throttle on all things Artificial, especially in today’s world, among other risks)
I say all this as someone who thinks intelligence is a great thing overall, it’s just not until I read this post that I began to form some hazy criticisms.
Pretty regular dude here. Fairly close to what they would call a “normie”, especially around here. Trying to be a below average joe speaking to smarter people than me. Signed up to make this comment as it’s the first post I’ve read that compelled me to do so.
I have a half baked question and a vague thought.
How do we align regular superintelligences (of the human kind)? It seems to me that you are discussing an intelligence explosion, but that it seems implicit that this is a good thing and I would like some help in understanding why. Is the situation so dire with AI intelligence explosion that a human one must exist to counter balance it? I know Eliezer suggests it as a solution.
Which leads me to my vague thought around human augmentation and the WaLuigi effect (if that’s still a thing). Also thrown into the mix is self fulfilling prophecy. (Some of my logic is along the lines that large datasets of genomes and similar information will likely utlilise stronger and stronger versions of AI to get going and continue, but a lot of my logic hasnt yet crystallized as conscious thought) I think these concepts in my mind mingle together to (possibly) create a trajectory whereby the shoggoth is summoned in full, as overlord of our new matrix as we begin to resemble the Greys of contemporary UFO folklore. (I think I mention the WaLuigi effect because it seems fairly likely to me that augmented humans stand a decent chance of wanting to go full throttle on all things Artificial, especially in today’s world, among other risks)
I say all this as someone who thinks intelligence is a great thing overall, it’s just not until I read this post that I began to form some hazy criticisms.