- 11 Apr 2018 16:20
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The solution to 1984 is 1973!
The Daemon is the advent of Artificial Super Intelligence which Elon Musk and many others fears will very likely be an effectively unfriendly god of such unstoppable and ever-increasing power that it poses real existential risk for our whole species and all life on earth and in probability any life beyond earth. Most experts believe it could arise within the next few decades so it really is an immediate problem far more serious and immediate than climate change, potential global thermo-nuclear war, a supernova event in a galactic backyard, a rogue super-asteroid collision or alien invasions or any of the other seriously big potential threats to mankind.
If you need a primer on what the hell Artificial Super Intelligence is and how it suddenly became an existential risk then read here:
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction
Okay so now you know something about the Daemon and why we should pretty reasonably expect it to present an existential risk to our species in the relatively near future you can get to know the best solution I have heard so far for taming it so that it does not do very bad things to us. The answer may be "Wizard Hats" and you can read about them here (it is very long but essential reading so read it all):
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
Okay now you know about the Daemon and the Wizard Hat we can discuss.
For bonus points you can read about what this all means in the context of Fermi's Paradox here:
The Fermi Paradox
If you need a primer on what the hell Artificial Super Intelligence is and how it suddenly became an existential risk then read here:
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence
The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction
Okay so now you know something about the Daemon and why we should pretty reasonably expect it to present an existential risk to our species in the relatively near future you can get to know the best solution I have heard so far for taming it so that it does not do very bad things to us. The answer may be "Wizard Hats" and you can read about them here (it is very long but essential reading so read it all):
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
Okay now you know about the Daemon and the Wizard Hat we can discuss.
For bonus points you can read about what this all means in the context of Fermi's Paradox here:
The Fermi Paradox
The solution to 1984 is 1973!