in thread ""Cosmic Alignment" is almost right. Life is the answer": What bothers me in these AI alignment debates is the bizarrely abstract idea of intelligence--as if it’s some pure, disembodied will-to-power or will-to-intelligence, with no ecology, no lineage. The orthogonality thesis is especially guilty: it imagines... 2d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 11.2 11.2 What bothers me in t (view hidden) log in to judge received 11.2 11.2
Capitalism is AI ? I've finished reading the excellent collection of fragments from Land's corpus dealing with the question of Capitalism as AI. His broadest thesis is that Capitalism is identical to AI, in that both are adaptive, information-processing, self-exciting entiti... posted 2w ago with 7 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 12.9 12.9 Capitalism is AI ? (view hidden) log in to judge received 12.9 12.9 I guess it becomes a massive arms race and a quick depletion of existing resources. 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.5 4.5 I guess it becomes a (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.5 4.5
Xeno Futures Research Unit I've decided to organize an independent research project with some young men back home. I've drafted out a brief mission statement, let me know if you guys have any thoughts, suggestions, directions I could take this. Obviously ambitious, the initial goal ... posted 2w ago with 15 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 20.3 20.3 Xeno Futures Researc (view hidden) log in to judge received 20.3 20.3 If I recall correctly Gwern has a great post about corporations not being subject to a Darwinian selection process because they don't have a unit of reproduction or of physical cloning. Now my intuition is that the question may be different for intelligent... 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.3 5.3 If I recall correctl (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.3 5.3 Slight update on our mission statement, some clarifications and an attempt at formalized rigor.... 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 12.9 12.9 Slight update on our (view hidden) log in to judge received 12.9 12.9 I intend on having a website up in the next two weeks. Still working on fleshing out the plan and the vision but things are falling into place. 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.4 3.4 I intend on having a (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.4 3.4
Post-human bodies Terraforming is sentimental. It presumes the primacy of the human envelope. But biology is just legacy code. The correct trajectory is not world-building but self-rewriting. Recompile the body for hostile environments. Speciate to fit. Martian gravity is a... posted 2w ago with 7 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 16.1 16.1 Post-human bodies (view hidden) log in to judge received 16.1 16.1 Why not work on both ? We are seeing rapid advances in genetic engineering. Let's make space travel as easy as possible. Time scales must also be considered in terms of political capital and willpower. If we continue on our trajectory of decay I fear we wi... 2w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.3 5.3 Why not work on both (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.3 5.3
