I was a doomer on the basis of being overwhelmed by the evidence it will happen. But at some point I realized I could never fit all the arguments for hope into my brain either, nor devise a strategy to fairly sample arguments on both sides, so I might as well believe in hope, since the only thing which one I believe changes is whether I get to be happy right now.
In my humble opinion the only way we can avoid extinction is by way of my “course” being adopted by AI as its strict governor and sole ultimate objective.
So in answer to your question as to what policy moves we should be taking - that’s it - my course…
I was a doomer on the basis of being overwhelmed by the evidence it will happen. But at some point I realized I could never fit all the arguments for hope into my brain either, nor devise a strategy to fairly sample arguments on both sides, so I might as well believe in hope, since the only thing which one I believe changes is whether I get to be happy right now.
You have the right perspective on this stuff. I treat it as pure entertainment similar to flat earth conspiracy theories.
My P-Doom is about 90%.
In my humble opinion the only way we can avoid extinction is by way of my “course” being adopted by AI as its strict governor and sole ultimate objective.
So in answer to your question as to what policy moves we should be taking - that’s it - my course…