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Many philosophy problems involve imagining hypothetical scenarios.
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Hypotheticals
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The Least Convenient Possible World
Scott Alexander
15y
203
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What could one do with truly unlimited computational power?
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Yitz
3y
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What’s the contingency plan if we get AGI tomorrow?
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Yitz
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Quintin Pope
2y
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Please Don't Fight the Hypothetical
TimS
12y
65
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A note on hypotheticals
PhilGoetz
15y
18
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Hypotheticals: The Direct Application Fallacy
Chris_Leong
6y
19
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Updating on hypotheticals
casebash
8y
22
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Hypothetical situations are not meant to exist
casebash
9y
22
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Why Weren't Hot Air Balloons Invented Sooner?
Lost Futures
2y
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What would make you confident that AGI has been achieved?
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Yitz
2y
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Inward and outward steelmanning
Q Home
2y
6
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List of concrete hypotheticals for AI takeover?
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Yitz
2y
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Hypothetical: what would you do?
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JNS
9mo
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The Anti-Carter Basilisk
Jon Gilbert
3y
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What is the minimum amount of time travel and resources needed to secure the future?
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Perhaps
3mo
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