I sympathize with you, and I know this isn't your main point, but I'm tired of being advised to switch careers to AI safety.
The limiting factor isn't lack of candidates; it's lack of positions--especially outside of three specific cities. Unless you're extremely skilled (and demonstrably so) or able to fit into a very specific niche (e.g. AI outreach to evangelical Christians) there will be an overwhelming number of qualified candidates for the position, and it simply isn't worth the average software engineer's time to apply.
I, for one, unsubscribed from 80,000 Hours' job board notifications just within the last week.
Theories of consciousness will lead to actionable understanding of AI consciousness²
I'm pessimistic about this because I think that neurologists and cognitive scientists have a poor grasp of the philosophy of mind.
For example, the standard for consciousness that Andrew Barron and Robert Klein use in their paper “What insects can tell us about the origins of consciousness” implies that the autonomous cars from the late 2010s were conscious.
If animals continue to exist in a post-AGI world, animal suffering will not persist
I think that factory farming is likely to be eliminated due to alternative protein sources (developed with the assistance of AI), but the suffering of wild animals will persist. Is the latter intended to be within the scope of the question?
I sympathize with you, and I know this isn't your main point, but I'm tired of being advised to switch careers to AI safety.
The limiting factor isn't lack of candidates; it's lack of positions--especially outside of three specific cities. Unless you're extremely skilled (and demonstrably so) or able to fit into a very specific niche (e.g. AI outreach to evangelical Christians) there will be an overwhelming number of qualified candidates for the position, and it simply isn't worth the average software engineer's time to apply.
I, for one, unsubscribed from 80,000 Hours' job board notifications just within the last week.
Why isn't Thomas Nagel's account of consciousness meaningful?
I'm pessimistic about this because I think that neurologists and cognitive scientists have a poor grasp of the philosophy of mind.
For example, the standard for consciousness that Andrew Barron and Robert Klein use in their paper “What insects can tell us about the origins of consciousness” implies that the autonomous cars from the late 2010s were conscious.
I think that factory farming is likely to be eliminated due to alternative protein sources (developed with the assistance of AI), but the suffering of wild animals will persist. Is the latter intended to be within the scope of the question?