The ELYSIUM proposal suggests creating unique personal utopias for everyone, where each person can design their ideal environment. These utopias would be guided by an ideal version of themselves, ensuring their choices lead to happiness and fulfillment.
While individualized utopias sound great, there will be challenges regarding resources since they might be limited. People will need to negotiate how to share and allocate these resources without conflict.
For this vision to come true, it's important to establish strong property rights and ensure people control AI. If that doesn't happen, there's a risk that society could fall apart or even face extinction due to potential AI dangers.
Floating ice islands could be a practical solution for creating new land, much cheaper than colonizing other planets. We already have icebergs that can be transformed into usable land without the high costs of space travel.
The process to insulate these icebergs from melting is affordable and could really help maintain their size for a long time. Using air and lightweight materials, we can keep the ice from melting when in warm waters.
Setting up a community or business on these ice islands might be more viable than starting a space colony. It’s a way to explore new opportunities without the severe risks and costs associated with space exploration.
Aligned superintelligence can be created. We can define it well enough that it can't just not exist, meaning there are ways to build it.
Modern AI can mimic human thinking tasks effectively. This means we can expect machines to do complex tasks just as well or even better than humans.
AI alignment isn't just possible, but it might be easier than we think. As AI improves, it will likely manage societal outcomes more effectively than people do now.
Icesteading is the idea of creating colonies on artificially insulated icebergs in warm ocean waters. These 'ice-islands' could serve as places for living, working, or even launching space missions.
The insulation around these icebergs can make them last for decades or even centuries before melting. This involves using materials like air or foam to keep the ice from warming up too fast.
Building on these ice-islands avoids the legal and political issues on land. They offer more freedom and the chance to create underground spaces, making them a unique alternative to traditional islands.
Aligned superintelligence is possible, despite some people thinking it isn't. This idea shows proof that it can exist without needing complicated construction.
Desirable outcomes for AI mean producing results that people think are good. We define these outcomes based on what humans can realistically accomplish.
While the concept of aligned superintelligence exists, it faces challenges. It's hard to create, and even if we do, we can't be sure it will work as intended.
The book 'Archeofuturism' predicts various global trends and issues with surprising accuracy despite being written in 1998.
The author suggests a return to traditional values as a solution to societal challenges, advocating for a mix of medieval farming lifestyle for most and technology for an elite few.
The book is flawed in its predictions and recommendations due to lack of a detailed understanding of the phenomena and unrealistic societal proposals.