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Five more years - Will Hathaway: Genuine ecstasy

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There’s a group of people I’m surrounded by who believe humanity has, as a median estimate, only about five more years before transformative AI either kills us all or delivers us utopia. What if they’re right? If they’re right, how would I spend those five more years? My most immediate reaction is that I would stop doing bullshit. But this is almost a cliche thing to say, and it’s a little bit unclear what it means. One man’s bullshit is another man’s calling. But I think I would try and cut out a lot of the fat in my life, removing the things that sap my energy and tag along everywhere I…

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