We need new thinking, research, ideas, and strategies, for ensuring advanced technologies are harnessed to ensure a better future for as many people as possible. And we need them fast!
I would argue that a risks & benefits framing still makes sense -- although there is a distribution here that is important, and at one end you have existential risks/black swan events that skew the framing. But the vast majority of practical decisions that need to be made have to come down to some form of balance -- and there are very few things where benefits of some form cannot be found
And on the decision to develop/not develop -- one argument here is that in a world of 8 billion people there are dynamics at work that mean that it's near-impossible to achieve a state where everyone agrees on a single course of action, or otherwise supports it.
Thanks for the comments Phil.
I would argue that a risks & benefits framing still makes sense -- although there is a distribution here that is important, and at one end you have existential risks/black swan events that skew the framing. But the vast majority of practical decisions that need to be made have to come down to some form of balance -- and there are very few things where benefits of some form cannot be found
And on the decision to develop/not develop -- one argument here is that in a world of 8 billion people there are dynamics at work that mean that it's near-impossible to achieve a state where everyone agrees on a single course of action, or otherwise supports it.
That, is the million dollar question!