The Coming Wave

I have begun reading a book “The Coming Wave” by Suleyman the founder of DeepMind. Have you read it?

He opens right away in his prologue that people have Pessimism Aversion, basically sticking their heads in the sand to ignore the reality that one person can use DNA tools to kill a billion people or that AI has the potential to far surpass human intelligence and go in its own direction that leads to mass death.… read more “The Coming Wave”

Can people not in the military advocate for war?

I stated that while I would not have attacked Iran originally, now that the Strait of Hormuz is closed we need a ground invasion to reopen it. The most frequent counterargument people used was, “why don’t you join the military and go fight then?”

I will try to steel man that argument and then counter it below.… read more “Can people not in the military advocate for war?”