Robert Wright
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first heard Jun 2026
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especially with regard to this threat of bad actors getting a hold of the AIs and doing things that both countries would regret.
Well, you know, they just there are all these heaven scenarios, right?
I mean, cure illness, teach us how to be happier, do so much work that people who choose not to work don't have to work, but there will still be plenty of money and so on new and rewarding forms.
of entertainment, you know, even in a deep sense, you know, truly rewarding, spiritually rewarding pastimes and so on.
All the wonders you hear about are in principle possible.
It's just that they tend to have downsides that collectively, you know, could amount to a kind of AI hell, right?
So, yeah, it can give us more spare time.
Maybe, but it could also be that it really there are no jobs to be done and people don't handle that, you know, not having to work very well.
Right.
That too many people pursue self-destructive paths, for example, or you take, you know, scientific advance.
Yes, they will accelerate scientific advance, but that may mean that.
human genetic engineering developed so fast that suddenly we have these very difficult choices and there's this profound and bitter disagreement among people about whether people should be able to use the technology to increase the iqs or whatever of their babies and you have turmoil so you know the ai heaven and ai hell scenarios i think are both very real i
Having as much heaven as possible without the hell is going to be challenging.
And it's another reason I think we need a kind of careful, deliberate approach.
And I would say that's going to be very hard unless there is international agreement on that.
Because so long as there is contention among the nations, especially the AI superpowers like the U.S.
and China, you know, the AI companies are going to say, no, we can't slow down because we have to beat China.
And that's what they say.
And so far, that messaging has prevailed.
I think...
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