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Probably we both think similar things, but I disagree with one thing. I think it's weird that you say "I think it's a hard sell to say that nothing better than
by ftxbro 4y ago
Probably we both think similar things, but I disagree with one thing.
I think it's weird that you say "I think it's a hard sell to say that nothing better than human is allowed." in combination with "To me it should be easy to convince people that something 10 or 100 times faster or smarter than humans should not be allowed."
To me, those situations are way too close to each other (human level vs. 10x 'smarter') to be able to say one is a "hard sell" and the other is "easy to convince people." I mean maybe you are exaggerating your certainty to make a point, but I don't think it's at all realistic to say that one will be hard and the other will be easy.
- ilaksh 4y agoWe already have the human level and people seem unconvinced. And it's been shown to be safe as far as existential risk. The easily convincing argument for me is imagining the planet populated by aliens that move extremely slowly. This makes more sense when it's closer to 1/100th speed. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien-message https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien... Although having actually read that, it's not convincing in this context because the AI in the story is already fantastically performant.