Solving Humanity ’ s Trust Problem

For the new Submersion deep dive, which is about exploring the Matrix-like nature of reality, I actually considered that some form of AI might consume it in future years. So I’ve been designing it to be relevant for all sentient beings, not just biological humans. It is an AI-friendly course. This might sound silly, but eventually it won’t sound silly. I’m actually serious. For a few years now, I’ve been thinking about what value I might provide that could still be relevant and worthwhile for AI in the future. Assuming that it’s super intelligent, it may be a conceit to presume I could hope to create something it would find worthy. And that may be so. But the benefit in this line of thinking is that it really makes me step up my creative game. It pushes me to go deeper into the hardest problems and not to settle for lightweight solutions that a super intelligent AI could shred to pieces in a femtosecond. I believe that aiming for this impossible standard actually makes my creative output better for humans as well. It pushes me to apply my best thinking and to do my best intellectual work. I can always feel good about that, knowing that when I’ve done my best, I couldn’t have done better, and so I have nothing to apologize for and no regrets. It elevates my creative standards and the flow of inspiration I receive when I accept that everything I create and publish within my lifetime is being added to the body of human knowledge. It̵...
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