Posted it themselves
“I am glad to report that due to the public beginning to wake up, and sorry to report that due to possible RSI proximity being so horrifying, IABIED is back on the NYT bestseller list.”
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Posted it themselves
“(I always have mixed feelings when somebody congratulates me on IABIED. There is a missing mood in it. We wrote this book under exceptionally grim circumstances. I'm proud of the work that went into HPMOR. When the compliment is on IABIED, I wish my planet weren't dying.)”
Posted it themselves
“As passed policy, the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would be an extraordinary improvement over status quo. I endorse it. I pray that Republicans and Democrats alike will join their voices in defending against extinction. Link to MIRI's position below.”
Posted it themselves
“I don't imagine myself competent to comment on 4D political games, or the political effect of introducing a bill. I endorse bills based on what effect I think a bill would have if passed. RSI may be very close now. We may not have time for games.”
Posted it themselves
“There's a lot of reasons I hate the "P(doom)" concept, but one of them is that it conflates P(ruin|ASI) and P(ASI). P(ruin|ASI) where the ASI is built by anything remotely resembling current techniques, or by new techniques invented and managed by any LLM resembling Astra/Fable,”[post continues]
on the P(doom) concept conflating probability of superintelligence with probability of ruin
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“In principle there are many ASI_z that would be awesome to construct, as I assert with even stronger probability "Yes absolutely no caveats." But for decades I've watched the loony optimists settle on one hopeless hope after another; and when some previous cheerfulness is”[post continues]
Posted it themselves
“There are currently zero things more important than "don't die to AI" becoming a bipartisan project rather than a Democrat-polarized issue. If you have any political capital you can spend on this, do it now, I beg of you. Life or death.”
on urging bipartisan action to prevent catastrophic AI risk
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“If you are a Democrat: I beg you, do not throw out barbs at Republicans about this issue. Ask them to join with you on this common interest. If you are a Republican: Defend your country, your people, your home and your family from death.”
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