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That's not a thing to hope for. We haven't solved the value alignment problem, so the longer until we have human or better-than-human AI, the better.


Theory - does empathy rise with intelligence?


There's no reason to think it does, and plenty of reason to think it shouldn't. We have a fairly good reason of why humans have empathy; it has to do with our evolution as a social species.


On the other hand, the longer it takes to find general AI, the more powerful hardware will be when it is found.




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