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Note: I originally wrote the first draft of this on 2022/04/11 intending to post this to Less Wrong in response to the List of Lethalities post, but wanted to edit it a bit to be more rigorous and ended up taking a very long time before getting around to it....
While it's widely accepted common knowledge that computers are considerably faster and more powerful than the human brain, it's arguable that evolution didn't optimize the human brain for raw speed, but rather, energy efficiency. The reason why this is important is that in the limit, the theoretical computronium needs to...
One of the most important changes in our civilized modern society over the past historical tendencies has been the state's monopoly on the use of violence. Most everyone today aside from the various strains of anarchist agree that this is a necessary and important requirement for modern life, but perhaps...
Some background, I was interested in AI before the hype, back when neural networks were just an impractical curiosity in our textbooks. I went through an undergrad in Cognitive Science and decided that there was something to the idea of connectionist bottom up AI having tremendous untapped potential because I...
Introduction The Alpha Omega Theorem is a way to provide a powerful rational argument to a rational superintelligence that it should behave in a benevolent manner. There are two variants of the theorem, one weak, and one strong. The Weak Alpha Omega Theorem: There is a non-zero probability that a...
A significant part of human communication is non-verbal. Body language and gestures often have the capacity to convey and signal a great detail and wealth of information about a person. Furthermore, historically, various organizations, ranging from secret societies to religions to militaries have sought to utilize very specific physical gestures...