Lerk

Yep, most of my hope is on our civilization's coordination mechanisms kicking in in time. Most of the world's problems seem to be failures to coordinate, but that's not the same as saying we can't coordinate.

This is where most of my anticipated success paths lie as well.

Other hopes are around a technical breakthrough that advances alignment more than capabilities…

I do not really understand how technical advance in alignment realistically becomes a success path.  I anticipate that in order for improved alignment to be useful, it would need to be presen... (read more)

I mean, what do you think we've been doing all along?

So, the short answer is that I am actually just ignorant about this.  I’m reading here to learn more but I certainly haven’t ingested a sufficient history of relevant works.  I’m happy to prioritize any recommendations that others have found insightful or thought provoking, especially from the point of view of a novice.

I can answer the specific question “what do I think” in a bit more detail.  The answer should be understood to represent the viewpoint of someone who is new to t... (read more)

I believe it was the Singularity subreddit in this case.  I was more or less passing through while searching for places to learn more about principles of ANN for AGI.

I found the site a few months ago due to a link from an AI themed forum.  I read the sequences and developed the belief that this was a place for people who think in ways similar to me.  I work as a nuclear engineer.  When I entered the workforce, I was surprised to find that there weren’t people as dispositioned toward logic as I was.  I thought perhaps there wasn’t really a community of similar people and I had largely stopped looking.

This seems like a good place for me to learn, for the time being.  Whether or not this is ... (read more)