Tom James Profile picture
Jan 30 4 tweets 1 min read
3 things reasonable people should be able to agree on:

1) BF x-risk is non-negligible
2) There are things we can do to reduce BF x-risk
3) Mitigating BF x-risk is an ethical priority

Notably absent:
- BF is imminent
- BF x-risk is the most important problem
And no, I'm not going to explain what BF is or why I think it is definitely something that will happen in a way that makes it an actual threat.
(FTR I believe we should work very hard to develop a superintelligent entity and then hand over control to it. Baseline humans really can't be trusted)

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Tom James

Tom James Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @TACJ

Jan 29
Reminds me I need to back up and Otherwise Acquire my various playlists.
Still ticked off at Spotify for removing the Make Current Playlist option.
And that back one track doesn’t work for queued tracks.
Read 4 tweets
Mar 15, 2020
There's a particular perspective I've noticed, which consists of treating the left as rational individuals possessed of moral responsibility, and the right as mindless sociopathic zombies that need to be managed and contained.
And this perspectives leads to admonitions that we should never 'provoke' right wingers. And that left wingers should be 'responsible'.
It's weird, because it implicitly endorses the truth of the situation, whilst continuing to apply the facade of democratic proceduralism to something that goes beyond what our liberal order can realistically cope with.
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(