文章探讨了面对未来不确定性时，特别是人工智能风险等潜在威胁时，保持乐观和快乐的重要性。作者以小熊幼崽在草地上无忧无虑玩耍为例，指出即使面对生存挑战和高死亡率，保持快乐和玩耍才是最佳生存策略。作者认为，在许多事情无法掌控的情况下，保持积极的心态，享受生活，才是应对不确定性的最佳方式。文章也提及了人工智能风险，但强调即使担心风险，也不必过度焦虑，积极乐观地面对生活，并尽己所能地为降低风险做出贡献。

🐻 **面对不确定性，保持乐观和快乐是最佳生存策略:** 文章以小熊幼崽为例，即使面对高死亡率等生存挑战，它们依然无忧无虑地玩耍，这暗示了在不确定性面前，保持积极的心态和快乐情绪是应对挑战的关键。

🤔 **人工智能风险引发的担忧：** 文章提到了部分人对人工智能风险的担忧，并以Eliezer Yudkowsky的帖子为例，说明这种担忧可能影响到最聪明、最理性的人。

🐾 **不必过度焦虑，积极面对：** 作者鼓励人们即使对人工智能风险感到担忧，也不要过度焦虑，保持积极乐观的心态，并尽己所能地为降低风险做出贡献。

😄 **享受生活，积极参与：** 文章强调即使面对潜在威胁，也应该享受生活，积极参与其中，这才是应对不确定性的最佳策略，也符合自然选择的规律。

💡 **作者的希望与鼓励：** 作者表达了对自身想法能够帮助降低人工智能风险的希望，并鼓励那些没有直接参与风险降低工作的人们，不必为此感到内疚或自责。

Published on November 27, 2024 10:42 AM GMT

When fate is uncertain, be hopeful. Life is an insane gift and death is merely its absence. Look at the little bear cubs play-wrestling in the meadow, ever so carefree. You ask them, "do you not know 5/6 bear cubs will die before adulthood? Why are you taking life so lightheartedly?"

"Do you not know your futures are riddled with adversity? That you might not be strong enough? Why are you treating life so playfully?"

The bear cubs will ignore you. But if you could speak, they will explain. They'll explain that they are rugged little machines. Built exactly for this harsh game of life, where the outlook is so uncertain and perhaps bleak. But as it turns out, the optimal strategy to survive in such a harsh game of life... is actually... surprisingly... when there is so little you know and so little you can do about the frightening prospects. You should just be carefree. And happy. And silly. And play. And freaking love the game. And as natural selection has found, that is actually your best long term strategy.

(Credits to Patrice Schoefolt for bear photo)

PS: I'm sort of referring to AI risk. Some people think it is very high and are a little bit unhappy about it. This can affect the smartest/most rational people—just search for "Nina lost a tooth" in this post by Eliezer Yudkowsky.

If you aren't Eliezer Yudkowsky—in which case you're unlikely to convince anybody with your fears—but you also feel the risk is very high. Remember the bear cubs :)!

I'm not saying that there's nothing we can do about AI risk—I have a lot of hope that my idea can help a lot haha. I just feel that people who aren't not working on reducing the risk, don't need to bad about it. Even if you are, don't feel bad about it :)

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