Over the years, we’ve seen a good number of interfaces used for computer monitors, TVs, LCD panels and other all-things-display purposes. We’ve lived through VGA and the large variety of analog interfaces that preceded it, then DVI, HDMI, and at some point, we’ve started getting devices with DisplayPort support. So you might think it’s more of the same. However, I’d like to tell you that you probably should pay more attention to DisplayPort – it’s an interface powerful in a way that we haven’t seen before.

There isn’t a ceiling at human-level capabilities. ASI is very likely to exhibit goal-oriented behavior. ASI is very likely to pursue the wrong goals. It would be lethally dangerous to build ASIs that have the wrong goals. Catastrophe can be averted via a sufficiently aggressive policy response.

Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”

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