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← A political system that allows a benevolent dictatorship also puts you at much greater risk of a malevolent one.

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Everything filed under government government Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A political system that allows a benevolent dictatorship also puts you at much greater risk of a malevolent one. A political system that allows abenevolent dictatorship also puts you atmuch greater risk of a malevolent one. Last stated 6 years ago 1 Jul 2020 AA Amanda Askell — holds since 2020-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Central planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective tool of coercion and enforcing ideals — tap to centre the map on it Central planning leads todictatorship because dictatorship isthe most effective tool of coercionand enforcing ideals FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society is always a blessing, but government is at best a necessary evil and at worst an intolerable one — tap to centre the map on it Society is always a blessing, butgovernment is at best a necessaryevil and at worst an intolerable one Last stated 251 years ago 14 Feb 1776 TP Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good government makes life more valuable and bad government makes it less valuable — tap to centre the map on it Good government makes life morevaluable and bad government makes itless valuable Last stated 172 years ago 4 Jul 1854 HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: For Machiavelli a man who can be killed on somebody's word is a slave, and a man protected by a system — however unfair that system is — is free. — tap to centre the map on it For Machiavelli a man who can bekilled on somebody's word is aslave, and a man protected by asystem — however unfair that systemis — is free. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI cannot be both obedient and benevolent simultaneously. — tap to centre the map on it AI cannot be both obedient andbenevolent simultaneously. Last stated 2 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating people as incapable of governing themselves makes it easier to justify governing them without their consent. — tap to centre the map on it Treating people as incapable ofgoverning themselves makes it easierto justify governing them withouttheir consent. Last stated 4 weeks ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it Authoritarian order is more naturalto human societies than democracy,and may prove more durable overtime. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a society moving toward totalitarianism, the unscrupulous and uninhibited are likely to be more successful — tap to centre the map on it In a society moving towardtotalitarianism, the unscrupulousand uninhibited are likely to bemore successful FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething bad. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: After September 11, the politics of democracy was replaced by grief management; people may grieve together but should not be stupid together — tap to centre the map on it After September 11, the politics ofdemocracy was replaced by griefmanagement; people may grievetogether but should not be stupidtogether Last stated 25 years ago 16 Sept 2001 SS Susan Sontag — holds since 2001-09-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A political system that allows a benevolent dictatorship also puts you at much greater risk of a malevolent one. Last stated 1 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago Holds Amanda Askell Read this korrent →