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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Looking for aliens who build things is a failure of imagination: the long-lived species we know of do not manipulate their environment at all. Looking for aliens who build thingsis a failure of imagination: thelong-lived species we know of do notmanipulate their environment at all. JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because we do not have good alignment technology, we are choosing to build an alien mind with its own values and gamble on it instead of building a tool. — tap to centre the map on it Because we do not have goodalignment technology, we arechoosing to build an alienmind with its own values and… RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: We will build superintelligence long before we build anything as robust as a bird, because nothing we have built can survive in nature at all. — tap to centre the map on it We will buildsuperintelligence long beforewe build anything as robust asa bird, because nothing we… GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The visiting-aliens story is incoherent: a civilisation with the technology to stay hidden would not keep being spotted. — tap to centre the map on it The visiting-aliens story isincoherent: a civilisationwith the technology to stayhidden would not keep being… AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every product put into the world removes the need for imagination, because it becomes something anyone can point AI at and copy. — tap to centre the map on it Every product put into theworld removes the need forimagination, because itbecomes something anyone can… CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there. — tap to centre the map on it The simplest explanation forwhy we have never noticed analien civilization is thatthere are none out there. SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all. — tap to centre the map on it Expecting technology to keepaccelerating is a bias of ourparticular moment; for most ofhuman history the tools did… AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should not be broadcasting powerful, easily detectable messages into interstellar space, because we have no idea who would receive them. — tap to centre the map on it We should not be broadcastingpowerful, easily detectablemessages into interstellarspace, because we have no idea… AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy. — tap to centre the map on it A great filter is a weakexplanation for the silence,because it would have to workevery single time — one… SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Looking for aliens who build things is a failure of imagination: the long-lived species we know of do not manipulate their environment at all. Holds Janna Levin Read this korrent →