c.trout

Philosophy graduate interested in metaphysics, meta-ethics, AI safety and whole bunch of other things. Meta-ethical and moral theories of choice: neo-artistotelian naturalist realism + virtue ethics.

Unvarnished critical (but constructive) feedback is welcome.

 

[Out-of-date-but-still-sorta-representative-of-my-thoughts hot takes below]

Thinks longtermism rests on a false premise – some sort of total impartiality

Thinks we should spend a lot more resources trying to delay HLMI – make AGI development uncool. Questions what we really need AGI for anyway. Accepts the epithet "luddite" so long as this is understood to describe someone who:

Posts

Seeking Mechanism Designer for Research into Internalizing Catastrophic...
by c.trout @ 2024-09-11 | +11 | 0 comments
Against Explosive Growth
by c.trout @ 2024-09-04 | +24 | 0 comments
Call for submissions: Choice of Futures survey questions
by c.trout @ 2023-04-30 | +11 | 0 comments
SBF's comments on ethics are no surprise to virtue ethicists
by c.trout @ 2022-12-01 | +10 | 0 comments
Plurality Voting is Unconstitutional
by c.trout @ 2022-10-21 | +4 | 0 comments