Spartan Frugal Hedonism
Executive summary “Spartan frugal hedonism” is best understood as a modern synthesis, not a classical school. In contemporary usage, “frugal hedonism” means spending less while learning to enjoy life more through attention, …
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Pain and Pleasure
Executive summary The strongest conclusion from contemporary neuroscience and psychology is not that pain and pleasure are simple opposites, and also not that “more pain, more pleasure” is generally true. The more …
Lower Wealth, Fear, and Ambition
Executive Summary The strongest conclusion from current evidence is that lower wealth does not generally reduce fear in the broad psychological sense. On average, lower income or lower socioeconomic status is more …
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 …
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 …
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 …