2026-03-18
Working on ASI risk feels like an obligation, working on a world with zero privacy feels like curiosity
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- After many years of being obsessed with ASI risk, and many years being obsessed with privacy/surveillance/transparency, I seem to have settled down on some project that combines both.
- However, the first part feels like it is driven by moral obligation, while the second part feels like it is driven by curiosity.
- I'm not sure what this means I concretely do. But it is worth observing I have been obsessed with both for a long time now.
Update
- This cyberattack project I have landed on is literally my entire life's work lol.
- Abandon it and move on isn't exactly an option. The only way through is forwards. Even if I abandon, I better have a clear reason that I can explain to all my past selves who were curious about it. And I still don't think abandoning it is the right move, if I report what I feel emotionally.
- Maybe I should try rewriting it in a way that doesn't appeal as much to the ASI risk stuff, and more to my curiosity around social dark matter. Honestly it's possible the actual redaction policy won't be all that different. But my motvations could be different if I write the other doc.
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