MOLOCH, AS EXPRESSED IN THE SYSTEM DYNAMICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 

A deep dive into the game theory and exponential growth underlying our modern economic system, and how recent advancements in AI are poised to turn up the pressure on that system, and its wider environment, in ways we have never seen before. Not a conversation for the faint hearted, but crucial nonetheless. Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue around global catastrophic risks and technology. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 03:21 Moloch Framework 13:20 Meta Crisis 27:52 Bad People or Bad System? 32:13 Capitalism & Moloch 40:12 Misalignment 52:35 Incentive Pressures Driving Misalignment 58:02 Moloch Driving AI Development 01:01:54 AI Risks Pre AGI 01:08:35 AI Accelerates Existing Systemic Issues 01:16:39 Social Media 01:20:09 Alternative Goals 01:25:00 Cooperation on AI 01:29:20 Call to Action This video is part of a series on game theory, civilizational risk, and Moloch: the God of unhealthy competition. It is the bad guy of humanity’s story, and time is running out for us to figure out how to defeat it.