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Eliezer Yudkowsky - Why AI Will Kill Us, Aligning LLMs, Nature of Intelligence, SciFi, & Rationality

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Copying the DNA and Inclusion Genetic Fitness

Evolution would prefer to use less condoms and more sperm banks. A lot of people want kids not inclusive genetic fitness but kids they don't want their kids to have. They like one kid similar to them maybe but theyDon't want the kids to have their DNA or like their alleles their genes. So suppose I go up to somebody and credibly say, you know, your kids could be a bit smarter and Much healthier if you'll just let me replace their DNA with this alternate storage method that will age more slowly.

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