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Joe Carlsmith Audio Joe Carlsmith
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Audio versions of essays by Joe Carlsmith. Philosophy, futurism, and other topics. Text versions at joecarlsmith.com.
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On attunement
Examining a certain kind of meaning-laden receptivity to the world.Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/25/on-attunement This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi(Though: note that I haven't put the summa...
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On green
Examining a philosophical vibe that I think contrasts in interesting ways with "deep atheism."Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/21/on-greenThis essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi(Though: note that I ...
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On the abolition of man
What does it take to avoid tyranny towards to the future?Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/18/on-the-abolition-of-man This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi(Though: note that I haven't put the summa...
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Being nicer than Clippy
Let's be the sort of species that aliens wouldn't fear the way we fear paperclippers. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/16/being-nicer-than-clippy/ This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi(Though: not...
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An even deeper atheism
Who isn't a paperclipper?Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/11/an-even-deeper-atheism This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
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Does AI risk "other" the AIs?
Examining Robin Hanson's critique of the AI risk discourse.Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/09/does-ai-risk-other-the-aisThis essay is part of a series of essays called "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
Customer Reviews
Sincerely moving
Thank you so much for these thoughtful essays. They are exactly what I needed to find right now.
Wrong about meta-ethics but great in all other ways
Top shelf narration too. Want Joe to MC my funeral.