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Their wordsThe problem is not in our nature. The problem is in our information. Humans, yes, we are generally good and wise, but if you give good people bad information, they make bad decisions.
Their wordsAnd it's always the people who are experts in storytelling that give the orders to people who merely know the facts of nuclear physics.
Their wordsthe acronym AI traditionally stood for artificial intelligence, but I think it's more accurate to think about it as an acronym for alien intelligence because artificial, it gives the impression that this is an artifact that we create and control
Their wordsAnd it also turned out that for more than 2000 years, our human minds have explored only a very limited part of the landscape of Go.
Their wordsthe invention of the written document, it on the one hand empowers the individual and creates the basis for private property rights and creates the basis for large scale authoritarian systems of kingdoms and empires.
Their wordsSo basically the whole of life is becoming like one long job interview.
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In the US there is already a legal path for AIs to become legal persons, through incorporation
Their wordsA curious fact is that at least in the United States, there is already a legal path open for AIs to become legal persons
Their wordsAnd in good institutions, they are characterized by having strong self-correcting mechanisms.
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The Bible, through the Ten Commandments, endorses slavery and has no mechanism to correct its text
Their wordsThe Bible, the 10 Commandments for instance, endorses slavery.
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Every large-scale human system rests on an unlikely marriage between mythology and bureaucracy
Their wordsEvery large scale human system is based on an unlikely marriage between mythology and bureaucracy.
Their wordsThe biggest misconception about information is that information is truth and information isn't truth. Most information is not truth. The truth is a very rare and costly and expensive type of information.
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The democratic conversation is breaking down all over the world because algorithms are hijacking it
Their wordsit is no coincidence that the democratic conversation is breaking down all over the world because the algorithms are hijacking it.
Their wordsIn order to protect the conversation between people, we need to ban bots from the conversation. We need to ban fake humans. AIs should be welcome to talk with us only if they identify as AIs.
Their wordsAnd as individuals, my best recommendation is to go on an information diet, the same way that people go on food diets. Information is the food of the mind.