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Comment · 5 years ago
Also he wrote a book about it that I love: https://www.amazon.com/Artilect-War-Controversy-Concerning-I...
Comment · 5 years ago
Your comment reminded me of this depressing article[0]. IIRC Pushpinder Singh, a very smart MIT fellow, committed suicide because of perpetual back pain after moving furniture incorrectly. I remember it because it is hard for me to imagine someone with so much potential being haunted with pain after moving furniture with friends for an hour.
I am ashamed I cannot get my parents to hire moving people - it is such an easy trick to say you can move something and not be wary. Imagine a loved one being miserable for the rest of their lives for wanting to move a couch a bit; it is just so depressingly avoidable.
To put it in perspective - the back pain industry is at 100+ billion a year in the USA[1] but spending on video games for 2020 was only at 55 billion or so[2].
[0]: https://www.wired.com/2008/01/ff-aimystery/
[1]: https://qz.com/1010259/the-100-billion-per-year-back-pain-in...
[2]: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22233003/us-npd-group-vid...
Comment · 5 years ago
You should read about Accelerationism. You have a left-wing interpretation of Accelerationism (we should create new laws to handle technological divergences) and I have a right-wing interpretation of Accelerationism (as systems becomes more fragile from cryptocurrencies, such as in this example, corporations will be motivated to find cheaper ways to produce electricity, GPUs. Thus I believe that because of increased chaos, "Corporations find a way").
[0]: https://marshallbrain.com/manna1