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On green - Joe Carlsmith

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(This essay is part of a series that I’m calling “Otherness and control in the age of AGI.” I’m hoping that the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far. Warning: spoilers for Yudkowsky’s “The Sword of the Good.”) I’ve never been big on personality typologies. I’ve heard the Myers-Briggs explained many times, and it never sticks. Extraversion and introversion, E or I, OK. But after that merciful vowel—man, the opacity of those consonants, NTJ, SFP… And remind me the difference between thinking and judging? Perceiving and sensing? N stands for intuition? Similarly, the enneagram. People hit me with it. “You’re an x!”, I’ve been told. But the faces of these numbers are so blank. And it has so many kinda-random-seeming characters. Enthusiast, Challenger, Loyalist… Hogwarts houses—OK, that one I can remember. But again: those are our categories? Brave, smart, ambitious, loyal? It doesn’t feel ver

On green - Joe Carlsmith Otherness and control in the age of AGI / Part 9 On green Contents hide The colors of the wheel Gestures at green Green-blindness Why is green-blindness a problem? Green, according to non-Green Green and respect Blurring the self Respecting superintelligences Green and joy Love and otherness The future of yin Next up: Attunement Appendix: Taking guidance from God Last updated: 08.01.2024 Published: 03.21.2024 Series Otherness and control in the age of AGI / Part 9 On green Podcast version here , or search for “Joe Carlsmith Audio” on your podcast app. (This essay is pa

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