In search of a dynamist vision for safe superhuman AI

Embracing creativity, risk-taking, and competition while staying clear-eyed about risks

This post was cross-published on AI Frontiers, a new platform for expert dialogue and debate on the impacts of artificial intelligence, under the title “We’re Arguing About AI Safety Wrong.” Historically, the way we’ve dealt well with rapidly evolving uncertain processes is classical liberalism. -Dwarkesh Patel I wasn’t expecting a book from 1998 to explain the 2023-2024 AI safety wars, but Virginia Postrel’s The Future and Its Enemies—which I picked up at the recommendation of libertarian AI policy wonk Adam Thierer—does a surprisingly good job. Postrel’s book helped reframe something…

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