Sam Harris
Neuroscientist and author; hosts the Making Sense podcast and the Waking Up meditation app.
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Their wordsThere is no reason to believe that a suitably advanced digital computer couldn’t do the same.
↗Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?samharris.org 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsShould any single company or research group be able to decide the fate of humanity? The question nearly answers itself.
↗Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?samharris.org 2nd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsIn fact, the only thing nearly as scary as building an AGI is the prospect of not building one.
↗Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?samharris.org 3rd of 4 in this piece
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In building AGI we seem to be building a God, and should ask now whether it can be a good one.
Their wordsWe seem to be in the process of building a God. Now would be a good time to wonder whether it will (or even can) be a good one.
↗Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?samharris.org 4th of 4 in this piece
- 4 years earlier
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Their wordsWho will pay for this? There is only one group of people who can pay for anything at this point: the wealthy.
↗A New Year’s Resolution for the Richsamharris.org 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsMost seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what he makes of these opportunities. This is, without question, a false view of the human condition.
↗A New Year’s Resolution for the Richsamharris.org 2nd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsOur public school system is an international disgrace.
↗A New Year’s Resolution for the Richsamharris.org 3rd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsWe should have devoted ourselves to a clean-energy Manhattan Project thirty years ago.
↗A New Year’s Resolution for the Richsamharris.org 4th of 4 in this piece
- 5 years earlier
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Their wordsAs students of the Buddha, we should dispense with Buddhism.