Robin Hanson on the surprising thing the Industrial Revolution tells us about whether there will be a human-vs-AI war: "Think about the last huge change on Earth, which was the Industrial Revolution" "You might have thought, look, industry is so much more powerful, so much more capable than subsis
Robin Hanson draws a parallel between the Industrial Revolution and potential human-AI conflict, suggesting that major transitions may not lead to direct war between groups.
Robin Hanson on the surprising thing the Industrial Revolution tells us about whether there will be a human-vs-AI war: "Think about the last huge change on Earth, which was the Industrial Revolution" "You might have thought, look, industry is so much more powerful, so much more capable than subsis
Robin Hanson makes the case that AI is not an alien invasion but literally our descendants, and it changes everything about how we should treat them: "Evolved creatures have two robust attitudes toward other creatures. One is suspicion and rivalry of coexisting creatures, even if they're really sim
Robin Hanson on the retirees thought experiment he says explains exactly why AI won't kill humanity: "The initial AI doomer arguments tended to focus on this one AI that suddenly popped up as the superpower God, who could do anything at once, and wasn't constrained by any sort of society" "But tha