RationalHippy
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One year ago, we nearly died.
This is maybe an overdramatic statement, but long story short, nearly all of us underwent carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning[1]. The benefit is, we all suddenly got back in touch with a failure mode we had forgotten about, and we decided to make it a yearly celebration.
Usually, when we think about failure, we might think about not being productive enough, or not solving the right work-related problem, or missing a meeting. We might suspect that our schedule could be better organized or that one of our habits really sucks. We might fear not to spot an obvious psychological flaw or a decision-making issue.
We often forget that the single most important failure prior to all of these is dying. Yet even if we think...
The argument overall proves too much about corporations
Does it? Aren't corporations the ones building ASI right now?
Yes, it sounds like a real inflection point in acceleration to me...
I disagree with this. I would be happy to see more people freaking out about AI, especially mainstream medias. I would actually argue that getting more people to freak out as fast as possible is our best shot at lowering the odds of an extinction event.
Agreed, and especially true during carbon monoxide poisoning. During this event I was the one dialling the emergency, but I could hardly explain what was going on to the person on the phone. I barely had any thoughts anymore, and was going at a pace of about one word per second. When the lady asked me if there was a smell in the room, I just could not parse the question and I resorted to repeating it to the people around me and eventually gave the phone to Elisa.