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Mutual UnderstandingAI Alignment and the Distributed Second Coming of ChristDivia Eden and Ben Goldhaber of Mutuals interviewed me about what I’ve been thinking about over the last 5 years. Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. (Link to audio on Youtube with clickable timestamps.)Topics discussed include:* what religion and spirituality might have to offer moral philosophy, AI alignment, and AI coordination* Christopher Langan's theory-of-everything, the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe, and how it might provide coherent intellectual foundations for synthesizing the metaphysical claims found across religious and spiritual traditions* speculations about non-naive interpretations of "the afterlife" ...2024-06-091h 45
Mutual UnderstandingBen Weinstein-RaunBen Weinstein-RaunAnd so my guess is that that fairness seems like a plausible candidate for something like an alien species might have… kind of universal, like given some sort of assumptions about how evolution worked or works.Like there is something happening that results in us making choices. And if your philosophical determinism denies that, like you're wrong. And, I think it makes about as much sense to talk about will and free will in making choices as it does to talk about a glass of water.Ben Weinstein-Raun’s Twitter and Webs...2023-05-092h 05
Mutual UnderstandingDivia and Ben: 4/27 ConversationDivia and Ben discuss politics, reminisce about elections gone by, and try and make AI predictions.This transcript is machine generated and contains errors.Ben Goldhaber: [00:00:00] so how's it going Divia?Divia Eden: It's going well. Great to have a chance to talk to you on the podcast.Ben Goldhaber: Yeah, same back at you and Hi. Who, who else is joining us for the next minutes?Divia Eden: Yeah, this is my 15 month old son. He'll be here just for a few minutes and and then...2023-05-031h 17
Mutual UnderstandingPerry MetzgerAs I’ve said often in the past, utilitarianism is a hell of a drug. And it can get you to do incredibly horrible things while you’re high on it. Utilitarianism not even once, just say no to utilitarian.All of these discussions are old discussions. Instead of being had among 200 people, they are being had in public among vast numbers.Perry Metzger writes on Substack at Diminished Capacity and on Twitter.* [00:02:00] Jupiter Brains and Extropians* [00:07:00] Life Extension* [00:11:00] Ethical Systems* [00:19:00] Rejection of Utilitarianism* [00:26:00] Anarcho-Capitalism2023-05-023h 01