“The ‘TESCREAL’ Bungle” by ozymandias

This is a link post. A specter is haunting Silicon Valley — the specter of TESCREALism. “TESCREALism” is a term coined by philosopher Émile Torres and AI ethicist Timnit Gebru to refer to a loosely connected group of beliefs popular in Silicon Valley. The acronym unpacks to: Transhumanism — the belief that we should develop and use “human enhancement” technologies that would give people everything from indefinitely long lives and new senses like echolocation to math skills that rival John von Neumann's. Extropianism — the belief that we should settle outer space and create or become innumerable kinds of “posthuman” minds very different from present humanity. Singularitarianism — the belief that humans are going to create a superhuman intelligence in the medium-term future. Cosmism — a near-synonym to extropianism. Rationalism — a community founded by AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, which focuses on figuring out how to [...] The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: June 3rd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/u6Pt8Mo7BgyfjqjY3/the-tescreal-bungle --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.