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What counts as longtermism though? Preserving archaeological sites rather than bulldozing them? Fighting CO2 emissions? Trying to avoid AGI risk you think will
by concordDance 4y ago
What counts as longtermism though? Preserving archaeological sites rather than bulldozing them? Fighting CO2 emissions? Trying to avoid AGI risk you think will happen in less than a century?
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- nl 4y agoThe longtermism as thought of by Bostrom etc is a view that (potential) future lives are as valuable as lives now. Part of the danger is the name. I support long term thinking! I love things like the Long Now project! But this specific viewpoint is very wrong.