<div dir="auto"><div>Most people aren't as pessimistic as MIRI. Neither am I. </div><div dir="auto">Here is my critique on Eliezer's writing on value alignment: <a href="https://www.scifuture.org/complex-value-systems-are-required-to-realize-valuable-futures-a-critique/">https://www.scifuture.org/complex-value-systems-are-required-to-realize-valuable-futures-a-critique/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I recently emailed Eliezer for an interview, hope it works out.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kind regards,<br></div><div> </div><div>Adam A. Ford<br><div><font size="1"> </font><br></div><font style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="http://scifuture.org" target="_blank">Science, Technology & the Future</a></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> - </span><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span></span></span></a><a href="http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture" target="_blank">YouTube</a></font><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adam.a.ford" target="_blank">FB</a> | <a href="https://x.com/adam_ford" target="_blank">X</a> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span>| <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamaford/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/adamford.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bsky</a> |</span></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future" target="_blank">MU</a></span></span></font>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 17 Sept 2025, 4:17 pm Keith Henson via extropy-chat, <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">These guys may have the best of intentions, and it is possible they are right.<br>
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But it does not matter, AI is going to happen, and their best efforts<br>
will not slow it up by an hour.<br>
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We might get through it. I think there is evidence that another race did.<br>
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Keith<br>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM BillK via extropy-chat<br>
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> Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares’ new book, "If Anyone Builds It,<br>
> Everyone Dies", is out now in USA. Two more days for UK.<br>
> Description here;<br>
> <<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Everyone-Dies-Superhuman/dp/0316595640/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Everyone-Dies-Superhuman/dp/0316595640/</a>><br>
> Quote:<br>
> The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to<br>
> extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the<br>
> field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity.<br>
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> BillK<br>
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