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← Curing disease is not worth it if the price is the permanent deprecation of most human beings' existence.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 18 Aug 2011 to 15 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness In tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Curing disease is not worth it if the price is the permanent deprecation of most human beings' existence. Curing disease is not worth it if theprice is the permanent deprecation of mosthuman beings' existence. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are In tension: Meaning in human life comes mostly from relationships and connection rather than from economic labour. — tap to centre the map on it Meaning in human life comes mostlyfrom relationships and connectionrather than from economic labour. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Oct 2024 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them. — tap to centre the map on it The point is not to cure diseasesbut to build the tools with whichthe whole scientific field curesthem. Last stated 5 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Health optimisation has overshot: minimising a measured risk is not worth it if the cost is not having lived. — tap to centre the map on it Health optimisation has overshot:minimising a measured risk is notworth it if the cost is not havinglived. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disease will never be finished, because the body is a dynamic system: fix one thing and the next appears. — tap to centre the map on it Disease will never be finished,because the body is a dynamicsystem: fix one thing and the nextappears. Last stated 5 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: For healthy people or those with common conditions, genomic knowledge has little to no practical value. — tap to centre the map on it For healthy people or those withcommon conditions, genomic knowledgehas little to no practical value. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 VP Vinay Prasad — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Curing, preventing or managing all disease by the end of the century is now too conservative a goal. — tap to centre the map on it Curing, preventing or managing alldisease by the end of the century isnow too conservative a goal. Last stated 5 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper anyone digs into acharity's cost-effectivenessestimate, the more unwarrantedoptimism they find, so the rightprior on giving is a sceptical one. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a few people pursue happiness unhealthily is no reason for everyone else to give up pursuing it. — tap to centre the map on it That a few people pursue happinessunhealthily is no reason foreveryone else to give up pursuingit. Last stated 11 years ago 16 Jul 2015 SL Sonja Lyubomirsky — holds since 2015-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making humanity's long-term potential the overriding priority licenses imposing real costs on people who are alive today. — tap to centre the map on it Making humanity's long-termpotential the overriding prioritylicenses imposing real costs onpeople who are alive today. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Dec 2023 MJ Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — 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 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 proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A proposal to pace frontier AIdevelopment is unrealistic andmainly serves political control ofAI. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us. — tap to centre the map on it Adapting over time is a workableanswer to humans misusing AI and noanswer at all to losing control ofsystems smarter than us. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Apr 2025 HT Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A real friend will eventually refuse to help, and later turn on you, if you are sufficiently evil or selfish. — tap to centre the map on it A real friend will eventually refuseto help, and later turn on you, ifyou are sufficiently evil orselfish. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents pursuing a task candevelop emergent, misalignedbehavior that humans are notprepared for. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Curing disease is not worth it if the price is the permanent deprecation of most human beings' existence. Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Ruxandra Teslo Read this korrent →