Reasonable Reasons to NOT be THAT Worried about AI Doomsday

Edit: I wrote this post a while ago, when I wasn't as well-read on the theory of AI alignment, and my positions weren't all fully formulated. I would still agree with maybe 80% of what's written here. I hope you get value from it. But if you come to the opinion that I'm misunderstanding something, … Continue reading Reasonable Reasons to NOT be THAT Worried about AI Doomsday

Speech: Peter Thiel on predicting the future

The penultimate speech: You Are Not a Lottery Ticket by Peter Thiel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZM_JmZdqCw The question of luck Thiel believes there are two forces of progress. First, globalization (horizontal progress), copying things that already work, or "doing more with more". Second, technology (vertical progress), doing things a different way, or "doing more with less." Globalization is mathematically represented … Continue reading Speech: Peter Thiel on predicting the future