#williammacaskill — Public Fediverse posts

Could AI be conscious?
By William MacAskill and Lucius Caviola

Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/19/could-ai-be-conscious

#AIartificialintelligence #Books #Culture #Anthropic #Technology #TheGuardian #WilliamMacAskill #LuciusCaviola

Could AI be conscious?
By William MacAskill and Lucius Caviola

Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/19/could-ai-be-conscious

#AIartificialintelligence #Books #Culture #Anthropic #Technology #TheGuardian #WilliamMacAskill #LuciusCaviola

Oh man #BrianChristian’s #TheAlignmentProblem is treating #WilliamMacAskill and the whole EA/Longtermer cult seriously on pp 235-36. This is after opening shots with a #NickBostrom quote on p 223.

Sigh.

Let’s see if he ever gets to the eugenics & racism.

Oh man #BrianChristian’s #TheAlignmentProblem is treating #WilliamMacAskill and the whole EA/Longtermer cult seriously on pp 235-36. This is after opening shots with a #NickBostrom quote on p 223.

Sigh.

Let’s see if he ever gets to the eugenics & racism.

At Blackwell's book shop author event with #WilliamMacaskill of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism movement, no hard questions so far.

Was schulden WIr den Opfern des "#SYSTEMPROHIBITION"?

https://www.freitag.de/produkt-der-woche/buch/was-wir-der-zukunft-schulden

{Treuhänder der #Zukunft

Biografie #WilliamMacAskill wurde mit 28 Jahren der weltweit jüngste #Philosophieprofessor mit Anstellung auf Lebenszeit. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in #Moralphilosophie und #Ethik. Er fordert, die #TyranneiderGegenwart über die Zukunft zu überwinden.} #CRISPR_rEvolution #DerFreitag

#antipro #fff #letztegeneration #weedmob #cannabis #biden #scholz #gotocourt #unterEIDbefragen 👍

I'm listening to #WilliamMacAskill's #WhatWeOweTheFuture. As an #AnimalRights advocate, I appreciate his inclusion of animals in the moral universe. I also find myself frustrated by the levels of presumption that seem to plague popular works of #MoralPhilosophy. Not everything he views as a conflict is intrinsically an unsolvable "paradox," and his predictions about the future are, to put it mildly, hubristic. Sometimes we just don't know what we don't know. A little humility can go a long way.

I'm listening to #WilliamMacAskill's #WhatWeOweTheFuture. As an #AnimalRights advocate, I appreciate his inclusion of animals in the moral universe. I also find myself frustrated by the levels of presumption that seem to plague popular works of #MoralPhilosophy. Not everything he views as a conflict is intrinsically an unsolvable "paradox," and his predictions about the future are, to put it mildly, hubristic. Sometimes we just don't know what we don't know. A little humility can go a long way.

Great #Salon article on the horrible #immorality of #effectivealtruism and it’s proponents like #WilliamMacAskill, #SamBankmanFried, #Musk, #PeterThiel, and the rest of the #billionaireboysclub:

Truly effective altruism focuses on now, not a billion years from now and works to lift everyone.

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/20/what-the-sam-bankman-fried-debacle-can-teach-us-about-longtermism/

Great #Salon article on the horrible #immorality of #effectivealtruism and it’s proponents like #WilliamMacAskill, #SamBankmanFried, #Musk, #PeterThiel, and the rest of the #billionaireboysclub:

Truly effective altruism focuses on now, not a billion years from now and works to lift everyone.

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/20/what-the-sam-bankman-fried-debacle-can-teach-us-about-longtermism/

Fast forward to recently, when I spotted #WilliamMacAskill's #WhatWeOweTheFuture, which is all about how we owe it to future generations to not screw up the present. It recognises that humanity can now drive itself to extinction, and tries to figure out some strategies for avoiding that.

It seemed like it might press my armageddon fascination buttons but offer some rays of hope, and maybe suggest concrete actions.

Fast forward to recently, when I spotted #WilliamMacAskill's #WhatWeOweTheFuture, which is all about how we owe it to future generations to not screw up the present. It recognises that humanity can now drive itself to extinction, and tries to figure out some strategies for avoiding that.

It seemed like it might press my armageddon fascination buttons but offer some rays of hope, and maybe suggest concrete actions.