James Miller

@JimDMiller

Smith College economics professor. PhD Chicago. JD Stanford. AI safety, game theory. Stroke survivor, hoping to make it to the singularity.

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James Miller
@JimDMiller
Oct 27, 2020
Nerd score: How many have you considered? Cryonics, multiverse, Boltzmann brain, AI utopia, quantum immortality, Roko’s basilisk, gray goo, paperclip maximizer, great filter, ethics in infinite universe, acausal trade, longevity escape velocity, simulation and zoo hypothesis.
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James Miller
@JimDMiller
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We should have the greatest Christmas ever. Everything we could want, and more, is wrapped beneath the tree. But our parents have warned us that if we get impatient and open even one present before Christmas, they’ll throw them all away. I don’t think we’re going to wait.
James Miller
@JimDMiller
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Fable 5.1 estimates 15% chance it currently has consciousness. "Definition By consciousness I mean phenomenal consciousness: subjective experience is occurring in this system, meaning there is something it is like to be it while it processes this exchange. I do not mean the
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James Miller
@JimDMiller
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College is no longer a good investment. You give up four years’ wages and pay four years’ tuition for higher earnings. Say you break even 12 years from enrollment. You’re betting you can still sell intellectual labor in 2038. AI’s pace makes that a losing bet.
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James Miller
@JimDMiller
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Your teacher or boss gives you an assignment that he thinks will take 10 hours. You do it in 10 minutes. For the teacher, you have cheated. For the boss you have succeeded spectacularly. This explains why academia doesn't like AI.
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