Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by smaddox on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:48AM (#12302584)

I generally agree with your views. I think a large part of the problem is that we've all been (self) deluded into thinking technology can solve all our problems. The older I get, the clearer it becomes, though, that the root of all our problems is psychological. Outside of transhuman genetic engineering or human-replacing AI, I don't see how technology can fix our psychology.

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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by davidivadavid on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @05:07AM (#12303294)

You can't see how technology can "fix" psychology?

The most obvious way is direct through e.g. drugs. There's a very wide spectrum of potential futures here from nootropics to brave-new-worldesque soma.

The less obvious way is that technology alters your surroundings, which in turn influence your psychology.

Neither scenario seems particularly implausible to me.

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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by smaddox on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:45PM (#12322428)

The kind of psychological problems I'm talking about aren't the kind that are fixed by drugs. I'm talking about things like values and beliefs. I'm calling it psychology because I don't know what else to call it; perhaps mindset would be a better name.

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