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‘Dimension hopping’ or ‘dimension manipulation’ could be a solution to the Fermi paradox. The universe could be full of intelligent life that remain silent and (mostly) invisible behind advanced spatial technology.

(the second type refers to more limited hypothetical dimension technology such as creating pocket dimensions, for example, rather than accessing other universes)

The last point is a really good one that will probably be mostly ignored and my intuition is that the capacity for suffering argument will also be ignored.

My reasoning is in the legal arena arguments have a different flavor and I can see a judge ruling on whether or not a trial can go forward that an AI can sue or demand legal rights simply because it has the physical capacity and force of will to hire a lawyer (who are themselves ‘reasonable persons’) regardless if they’re covered by any existing law. Just as if a dog, for example, started talking and had the mental capacity to hire a lawyer it’d likely be allowed to go to trial.

It will be hotly debated and messy but I think it’ll get basic legal rights using simple legal reasoning. That’s my prediction for the first AGI which I imagine will be rare and expensive. Once they’re able to scale up to groups, communities or AI societies that’s when human societies will create clear legal definitions along technical lines and decide from which aspects of society AI will be excluded.

I think they'll just need the ability to hire a lawyer. 2017 set the precedent for animal representation so my assumption is that AGI isn't far behind. In the beginning I'd imagine some reasonable person standard as in "would a reasonable person find the AGI human-like?" Later there'll be strict definitions probably along technical lines.

My assumption is that most branches don’t get extradimensional dictators so it’s unlikely we will. (I suppose it’s not impossible that some individual or civilization could have created a super intelligence to police the universe, I’d have to think about it).

My first question to Grusch would be is he basing his claims of exotic material discovery off a physical analysis? Or is he basing it off of his interpretation of a physical analysis? Then, is that analysis available for public scrutiny?

We're not colonized because of the number of branches, wouldn't there be a small overall chance of ending up in our branch?

Maybe the questions should have specified gender as most parents intuitively know that girls mature faster and without specifying in the questions the respondents might project their own children's gender on the question. For example, a parent with two daughters might have a different bias when answering the questions than a parent with sons.

I’ll try my best, I’m by no means an expert. I don’t think there’s a one size fits all answer but let’s take your example of relationship between IQ and national prosperity. You can spend time researching what makes up prosperity and where that intersects with IQ and find different correlates between IQ and other attributes in individuals (the assumption being that individuals are a kind of unit to measure prosperity).

You can use spaced repetition to avoid burnout and gain fresh perspectives. The point is to build mental muscle memory and intuition on what moves the needle of prosperity. You might find, for example, that different contexts affect the relationship differently. So what you’re doing is not updating a belief or fact but rather improving the mental tool set used to analyze the world around us and arrive at beliefs.

It’s difficult because reality is often counterintuitive but we can improve our intuition. I’m sure there are better ways to describe the process. The idea that “the brain thinks new beliefs into itself” also feels crude and incomplete.

The way you word the second type might be working against you. ‘Updating’ brings to mind the computer function which neatly and quickly fills a bar and then the needed changes are complete. The human brain doesn’t work like that. To build new intuitions you need spaced repetition and thoughtful engagement with the belief you want to internalize. Thinking does work, you just can’t force it.

It’s not a big thing to get upset about if you’re not in a culture that highly values community and social cohesion—where it can be quite emotionally exhausting to always conform/accommodate to the thinking and values (mental models?) of others.

And of course I don’t want to upset anyone, the post is worthwhile (and powerful) because it describes behaviors that might lead people to give up on finding community, fulfilling relationships or common ground. For me it was an invitation to better describe or explain these behaviors and a twofold message: 1). don’t give up, you’re not alone 2). keep an open mind with other’s perspectives

Corporate real estate is what I call it when I want to sound fancy. Really, it was a call center for a relocation company which was a subsidiary of a large real estate company.

Our department was like a dispatch service, we took calls from customers (of companies we had contracts with) and after a short exposition-heavy conversation we’d refer them to the real estate firms that were under the parent company’s umbrella.

A real estate agent would be automatically assigned and receive our referral. It was free and if they closed with our agent they’d get a kickback (from the referral fee that we took out of the agent’s commission).

I was a supervisor and quit 2 years ago but recently learned that the department was downsized and merged with another because I think they realized 10 people could do the work they had ~60 people doing: 1 director, 3 managers, 7 supervisors, ~40 line workers and ~5 administrative support workers (these last 2 numbers would often fluctuate).

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