and then because he's alive, and in office, he goes to war on iran, iran shurts down hormoz, entire global economy collapses, no resources left to advance AI at the same pace. The alignment problem has more resources dedicated now, they solve the allignment just in time
1/2 thought of this: i mean on the one hand, AI is going fast enough towards something potentially catastrophic. there was no way to stop it or to slow it down.Ohhmaybe one way, remember when they shot trump? how about we change the story to he turns his head just in time to live
this is one of the most mind blowing yet you would think of it too if you pondered long enough ideas ive ever encountered. it's not about the simulation; it's more about reiterations of present time to an outside observer
https://t.co/0Rjl131fS4
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someday soon something smarter than the smartest person you know will be running on a device in your pocket, helping you with whatever you want.
this is a very remarkable thing.
a cat video can get 100m views
this is by far the most insane blog post intro ive read, i kept re-reading it for a while too... and only has 400k views
The Gentle Singularity - Sam Altman