Holden Karnofsky on the most important century - 80,000 Hours
"...it doesn't look like things have been normal for a long time... we just live on this rocket ship that took off 5 seconds ago, and nobody knows where it's going."| 80,000 Hours
"...it doesn't look like things have been normal for a long time... we just live on this rocket ship that took off 5 seconds ago, and nobody knows where it's going."| 80,000 Hours
We seem to be among the earliest living beings in the galaxy.| Cold Takes
The long view of economic history says we're in the midst of a huge, unsustainable acceleration. What happens next?| Cold Takes
PASTA: Process for Automating Scientific and Technological Advancement.| Cold Takes
Why would we program AI that wants to harm us? Because we might not know how to do otherwise.| Cold Takes
We, the people living in this century, have the chance to have a huge impact on huge numbers of people to come - if we can make sense of the situation enough to find helpful actions.| Cold Takes
The "most important century" series of blog posts argues that the 21st century could be the most important century ever for humanity, via the development of advanced AI systems that could dramatically speed up scientific and technological advancement, getting us more quickly than most people imagine to a deeply unfamiliar| Cold Takes
