The missing half of AI futurism debates | Epoch AI
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Why we should think a little harder about what it takes to build a Dyson Sphere
The Dyson Sphere in the room If you follow AI discourse, you’ll inevitably run into some version of the following claim: a few years after we automate AI research, the world becomes unrecognizable, with nanotech, Dyson swarms, and near-light-speed spacecraft. For example, Ajeya Cotra argues that: “[A] vast population of superhuman AI agents will likely invent new technologies radically faster than humans could on our own, including developing even more powerful successors. A year or two into this process, the fast-evolving AI civilization will likely develop truly sci-fi technologies like…
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