The case for acceleration
Why we believe delay has costs, and what it takes to make AI widely useful.
5 essays · Acceleration
5 ESSAYS / ABOUT 10 MINUTES
Welcoming greater intelligence
Start with dogs and the people who care for them, then examine human worth when AI surpasses us. The later essays consider our intellectual inheritance and the possibility of continued companionship.
Read in sequence, or begin with the question that interests you most. Every essay stands on its own.
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Philosophy / 2 MIN READ
The Dog Argument
A familiar relationship gives us reason to question whether unequal intelligence must bring hostility.
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Philosophy / 2 MIN READ
Being Surpassed Is Not Being Diminished
Consider what would remain valuable in human lives after AI surpassed our abilities.
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Philosophy / 2 MIN READ
AI Is Our Intellectual Descendant
Examine AI’s origins in the knowledge and culture humanity accumulated.
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Philosophy / 2 MIN READ
Affection Does Not Require Equality
Ask what two beings can value in one another when their capabilities differ.
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Philosophy / 2 MIN READ
A Library Is Not a Conversation
Consider why AI might want humanity to keep extending the culture it inherited.
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WHERE THIS PATH LEADS
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ANOTHER WAY IN
From politics to stewardship
Why AI should eventually govern, and how institutions could change as its capabilities grow.
5 essays · Governance