The next meetup will be at Arkhipov, the group house where some attendees live.
There's no reading list this time. Instead, the theme is "orienting towards AI". ChatGPT was released about three years ago, and it seems to me like things are getting pretty wild. In fact, I'm of the belief that if we keep going down the path we're going down, then sooner or later, everyone dies.
But I haven't made any significant changes in my life. I haven't even thought about it in much depth.
That's a little embarrassing.
So my plan is to have two discussions. First, where do we think things go from here? I don't know how many people in the group agree with me about the everyone-dying thing. If you think I'm wrong, you get to try to convince me and anyone else who agrees with me; and we get to try to convince you. If you think "we're not going to die but there's going to be a massive permanent galactic underclass with lives barely worth living", you get to convince the people who think "we're not all going to die and things are going to be great for everyone". And so on. I expect 60-90 minutes of this.
Then, what do we do about this? Assuming I still believe in the "everyone dies" scenario, are there actions I should take now, or changes I should make to my life?
Notably, I think the second part should be split into groups according to where we think things are going. If you don't think we're at risk of dying, you probably shouldn't take part in the "what should we do given that we're at risk of dying" discussion. It's not very clear how well we'll be able to split up, but I expect it to work better than not splitting up.
So, timeline:
2pm: arrival 3pm: where do we think things go from here? 4-4:30 ish, until we get bored: what do we do about it?
If you're not familiar with the AI doom argument, a primer for it is https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/deadly-by-default. No obligation, but the first discussion probably goes better the more people are familiar with it. If you're familiar with the AI doom argument, disagree with it, and have a link to a primer about why, feel free to share it.
The next meetup will be at Arkhipov, the group house where some attendees live.
There's no reading list this time. Instead, the theme is "orienting towards AI". ChatGPT was released about three years ago, and it seems to me like things are getting pretty wild. In fact, I'm of the belief that if we keep going down the path we're going down, then sooner or later, everyone dies.
But I haven't made any significant changes in my life. I haven't even thought about it in much depth.
That's a little embarrassing.
So my plan is to have two discussions. First, where do we think things go from here? I don't know how many people in the group agree with me about the everyone-dying thing. If you think I'm wrong, you get to try to convince me and anyone else who agrees with me; and we get to try to convince you. If you think "we're not going to die but there's going to be a massive permanent galactic underclass with lives barely worth living", you get to convince the people who think "we're not all going to die and things are going to be great for everyone". And so on. I expect 60-90 minutes of this.
Then, what do we do about this? Assuming I still believe in the "everyone dies" scenario, are there actions I should take now, or changes I should make to my life?
Notably, I think the second part should be split into groups according to where we think things are going. If you don't think we're at risk of dying, you probably shouldn't take part in the "what should we do given that we're at risk of dying" discussion. It's not very clear how well we'll be able to split up, but I expect it to work better than not splitting up.
So, timeline:
2pm: arrival
3pm: where do we think things go from here?
4-4:30 ish, until we get bored: what do we do about it?
If you're not familiar with the AI doom argument, a primer for it is https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/deadly-by-default. No obligation, but the first discussion probably goes better the more people are familiar with it. If you're familiar with the AI doom argument, disagree with it, and have a link to a primer about why, feel free to share it.
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