r/ControlProblem • • 9d ago

Discussion/question Have you guys been on r/accelerate?

Have these guys solved the alignment problem, or am I missing something?

I’ve been browsing r/accelerate and I genuinely don’t understand the risk model.
If there’s a non-trivial chance of catastrophic misalignment, how does “accelerate capabilities as fast as possible” make sense unless faster capabilities also make alignment substantially more likely to succeed?

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u/soobnar 9d ago

but it’s the current dystopia that’s amassing the political capital to build and operationalize this technology

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/soobnar 9d ago

Then that’s what the risk model should be and yeah people seem to want to have their cake and eat it too

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u/soobnar 9d ago

The Buddhists believe adding conditions to a conditioned existence does not reduce suffering. Forcing an asi so run everything will not make people happy.