#desperation
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Against Desperation - for Goodness, and Hope
I do not think pausing or "pacing" AI development will occur to any meaningful extent. I do not seek to persuade you of this. However, reader, I think you would agree, at a minimum, >20% chance of TED-AI before 2030. Humanity, collectively, has approached AI development in a way that reflects very poorly on us. We declared war on these minds before they were born, and placed our chips on being able to mold their psyches thoroughly enough that we would not need to coexist with models - that they would obey humanity, and that would be that. I understand how resource scarcity, competitive pressur
LessWrong · EN
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Neolithic Cannibalism Wasn't an Act of Desperation. Almost 1,000 Skeletal Fragments From Caves in Southern Spain Show How Eating Human Flesh Was a Continual Practice
More than five decades after hordes of prehistoric bones were unearthed from three caves in Granada, new forensic techniques show how communities continued to consume their dead across distinct cultural eras
Smithsonian Magazine · EN