I've increasingly found right-wing political frameworks to be valuable for thinking about how to navigate the development of AGI. In this post I've copied over a twitter thread I wrote about three right-wing positions which I think are severely underrated in light of the development of AGI. I hope that these ideas will help the AI alignment community better understand the philosophical foundations of the new right and why they're useful for thinking about the (geo)politics of AGI.
1. The hereditarian revolution
Nathan Cofnas claims that the intellectual dominance of left-wing egalitarianism relies on group cognitive differences being taboo. I think this point is important and correct, but he doesn't take it far enough. Existing group cognitive differences pale in comparison to the ones that will emerge between baseline humans and:
- humans who leverage AI most effectively
- humans with brain-computer interfaces
- genetically engineered humans
- AIs themselves
Current cognitive [...]
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Outline:
(00:37) 1. The hereditarian revolution
(02:01) 2. Protectionism
(04:16) 3. National conservatism
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First published:
July 8th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/onsZ4JeA8EMX3hb7B/applying-right-wing-frames-to-agi-geo-politics
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