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Transformers (Machine Learning Model)

With more time to live though the best and brightest could spend more time working on problems and switch fields once problems are solved in one particular field would there be such a rush for ASI in such a scenario? Would extended lifespans necessarily lead to problems being solved quicker than wh...

Yes, I don't fear AGI much due to hating my current predicament and expecting it to worsen. That said it feels like a moot point even if all US companies stop developing it (which would be basically impossible) companies outside the US and other countries will develop it. What about other people th...

My intuition tells me this is the number one reason why people would support the creation of an ASI but what if the issue of longevity escape velocity had already been solved would people still support creating an ASI despite the obvious risks that would come along with this? Please vote I'm curious...

wjfox wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:58 am

I would expect this to be the case based on its training data as most young people using the internet would fall into the bottom left quadrant.

Is anyone else a "doomer" here that the Singularity will end badly? Doesn't have to be full Yudkowsky we're all going to die but just a general feeling it won't end well?

Where are you thinking of moving to? For various reasons (mainly job and family-related), I doubt I can move anytime soon, but I encourage others to do so, if they're able to. If I didn't have commitments here I'd probably move to New Zealand or Canada. I'm sure Labour will win the next election. B...

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Get out of this country while you can. It's a sinking ship. ----- NHS staff shortages in England could exceed 570,000 by 2036, leaked document warns Sun 26 Mar 2023 19.56 BST The NHS in England needs a massive injection of homegrown doctors, nurses, GPs and dentists to avert a recruitment crisis th...