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Tobias Baumann on Artificial Sentience and Reducing the Risk of Astronomical Suffering
2 March, 2023
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Tobias Baumann joins the podcast to discuss suffering risks, artificial sentience, and the problem of knowing which actions reduce suffering in the long-term future. You can read more about Tobias' work here.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 What are suffering risks?
05:40 Artificial sentience
17:18 Is reducing suffering hopelessly difficult?
26:06 Can we know how to reduce suffering?
31:17 Why are suffering risks neglected?
37:31 How do we avoid accidentally increasing suffering?
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