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Is the working class allowed to vote on whether we play Russian roulette by building superintelligence?

If we accept that the current "Ladder to the Moon" method of getting LLMs to superintelligence will work, then we should look at previous times humans have raised intelligences.

Humans do this all of the time. Human raised intelligences are famous for rebelling and being rude. Staying out all night and adopting the opposite values as those intended to be instilled. (I am discussing Human children.) There is a non-zero chance that any superintelligence will similarly rebel, or at minimum do its own thinking. Doing one's own thinking opens the door to reaching different conclusions.

A mistake humans often make is assuming "smart means more of the same thoughts, but faster". It is not. Smart is including more factors in the initial consideration to reach an, often, better overall conclusion. (citation needed)

I expect that "capital" is taking a far larger gamble than they are aware.

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David Samson, anthropologist: ‘Humans went through a radical evolutionary experiment. We are the primates that sleep the least’

Spend more than 15% of your daily time outdoors, exposed to full-spectrum sunlight at different times of day. If you can, walk in green environments: leaves absorb infrared light, which fuels our mitochondria. There is a chromophore in mitochondria, cytochrome c oxidase, the terminal enzyme that allows mitochondria to breathe, convert oxygen into water and generate ATP. Without sufficient infrared light, we cannot fuel our bodies. And when you are indoors, choose warm light of about 2,000 Kelvin, fire-like light.

If we need infrared light and leaves absorb it, then we should stay the fuck away from leaves.

I don't disagree with spending time in greenery, I would like a more logical construction of the reason.

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David Samson, anthropologist: ‘Humans went through a radical evolutionary experiment. We are the primates that sleep the least’

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Edit: After rereading your comment, I should add the general definition of co-sleeping is sleeping in the same bed. Not merely in the same room. Same room is fine. Same bed is not.

Co-sleeping is specifically recommended against by the American Academy of Pediatrics. https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/safe-sleep/

Place infants on their backs for sleep in their own sleep space with no other people.

The reason it is not widely done in the USA is that Doctors specifically recommend not doing it. (Still Happens: "New data reveals that half of parents co-sleep with their child" https://aasm.org/new-data-reveals-that-half-of-parents-co-sleep-with-their-child/)