there is no reason except Moloch that we can't slow the fuck down do you want to be Moloch's bitch? or do you want to hold your head high and say "if I don't do it, maybe someone else will, but it won't be me"
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there is no reason except Moloch that we can't slow the fuck down do you want to be Moloch's bitch? or do you want to hold your head high and say "if I don't do it, maybe someone else will, but it won't be me"
some people say "delaying AGI one day means more people dying" and that is TRUE *iff* we get it right but cringily dumb if we get it wrong. and rushing means mistakes
and as betterwithout.ai points out, we might just destabilize our society in the meantime by turning over too many things to algos we don't understand that are optimizing for profits, nevermind eventual AGI
I'm making a conservative case here, but I'm NOT saying stop, pause, or go backwards. I'm saying slow down. breathe. sit at the ocean's shore for an hour and watch the tide move.
short thread that makes my point better than I did
"too fast" means your OODA loop is fucked
To be clear, I'm not arguing for degrowth which is one of the stupidest and most unholy ideas of all time. There's a kind of forward pace that breathes, that retains awareness and poise, rather than rushing headlong foolishly. That is the way.