In 2024, Charbel-Raphaël and Epiphanie published "We might be dropping the ball on Autonomous Replication and Adaptation", making the case that > "Once there is an open-source ARA model or a leak of a model capable of generating enough money for its survival and reproduction and able to adapt to...
Introduction Sometimes people say they don’t understand what consciousness is, what it points it, what even is qualia. They sometimes claim they themselves don’t have conscious experience. If that’s you, or if you want a clear explanation to share to such a person, read on.[1] This is inspired by a...
Many classic AI doom scenarios rely on superintelligence using its vastly superior intelligence to outplan, outcompete and outkill you. I partly believe this: superintelligence would definitely outkill me. But I don't believe we will build such superintelligence; not because humans are the apex of intelligence, but because superintelligence, implicitly, has...
Introduction to davidad and today's topics tutor vals LessWrong prides itself for an ethos of "say it how you think it" (see "A case for courage when speaking of AI danger"). I want to also apply this standard for courage when speaking of AI optimism, and generally for expressing one's...