“Optimistic Assumptions, Longterm Planning, and ‘Cope’” by Raemon
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Eliezer Yudkowsky periodically complains about people coming up with questionable plans with questionable assumptions to deal with AI, and then either: Saying "well, if this assumption doesn't hold, we're doomed, so we might as well assume it's true." Worse: coming up with cope-y reasons to assume that the assumption isn't even questionable at all. It's just a pretty reasonable worldview. Sometimes the questionable plan is "an alignment scheme, which Eliezer thinks avoids the hard part of the problem." Sometimes it's a sketchy reckless plan that's probably going to blow up and make things worse. Some people complain about Eliezer being a doomy Negative Nancy who's overly pessimistic. I had an interesting experience a few months ago when I ran some beta-tests of my Planmaking and Surprise Anticipation workshop, that I think are illustrative. i. Slipping into a more Convenient World I have an exercise where I give people [...] --- Outline: (00:59) i. Slipping into a more Convenient World (04:26) ii. Finding traction in the wrong direction. (06:47) Takeaways --- First published: July 17th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8ZR3xsWb6TdvmL8kx/optimistic-assumptions-longterm-planning-and-cope --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky periodically complains about people coming up with questionable plans with questionable assumptions to deal with AI, and then either: Saying "well, if this assumption doesn't hold, we're doomed, so we might as well assume it's true."Worse: coming up with cope-y reasons to assume that the assumption isn't even questionable at all. It's just a pretty reasonable worldview.Sometimes the questionable plan is "an alignment scheme, which Eliezer thinks avoids the hard part of the...
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