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How to Conquer AI Safely

Executive summary Interpreted ethically, “conquering AI” should not mean dominating a sentient adversary or attempting a malicious takeover. It should mean building durable human control over advanced AI systems and the organizations …

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The Will to Ambition

Executive summary This report treats “the will to ambition” as an analytic construct rather than a settled term of art. In the literature reviewed here, motivation is a broad process that energizes …

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AI Philosophy and the Role of the AI Philosopher

Executive summary This report treats AI philosophy as the broad philosophical study of artificial intelligence and its implications, not just “AI ethics” in the narrow sense. In current scholarly usage, the area …

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Tragedy as a Stimulus to Life

Executive Summary The best-supported answer is qualified yes: tragic experience can stimulate renewed purpose, growth, creativity, or forms of flourishing, but not because suffering is intrinsically good, and not for everyone. Across …

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Time to build Eric Kim, the Eric Kim brand, idea.. mythology? Help me come up with some insanely epic, billion dollar ideas for ERIC KIM MEGA EMPIRE

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DON’T WORSHIP BITCOIN AND CAPITAL — HAVE BITCOIN AND CAPITAL WORSHIP

YOU The great error of modern man: He worships capital. He worships money. He worships Bitcoin. He worships the number on the screen, the portfolio balance, the net worth tracker, the green …

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