1. The Universal Needs Myth We’ve built modern psychology on a beautiful lie. From Maslow’s hierarchy to self-determination theory, we assume humans share universal needs: love, safety, meaning, self-actualization. We treat these as fundamental drives that explain why people do what they do. But what if none of these “needs”...
Me: Consider the following model. Initially, we have the following: violate social/moral norm -> social condemnation -> mental/emotional pain After conditioning, it changes to: violate social/moral norm -> mental/emotional pain We are then taught to label this pain as "guilt" and taught that this guilt is generated by something called...
Premise #1: If an ASI with sufficient predictive power foresees that another entity will inevitably become an existential threat to its fundamental, non-negotiable goals, it will take immediate, pre-emptive action to destroy or prevent the creation of that entity. Premise #2: Two ASIs with fundamentally irreconcilable non-negotiable goals will perceive...