Yudkowskys chocknivåer formulerades redan 1999 men är aktuella åtminstone som begrepp fortfarande. Nivåerna beskriver i princip en sorts mental beredskap inför olika framtida tekniker.
Intressant att se hur innehållet i de olika nivåerna kommer att variera över tiden.
SL0: The legendary average person is comfortable with modern technology - not so much the frontiers of modern technology, but the technology used in everyday life. Most people, TV anchors, journalists, politicians.
SL1: Virtual reality, living to be a hundred, "The Road Ahead", "To Renew America", "Future Shock", the frontiers of modern technology as seen by Wired magazine. Scientists, novelty-seekers, early-adopters, programmers, technophiles.
SL2: Medical immortality, interplanetary exploration, major genetic engineering, and new ("alien") cultures. The average SF fan.
SL3: Nanotechnology, human-equivalent AI, minor intelligence enhancement, uploading, total body revision, intergalactic exploration. Extropians and transhumanists.
SL4: The Singularity, Jupiter Brains, Powers, complete mental revision, ultraintelligence, posthumanity, Alpha-Point computing, Apotheosis, the total evaporation of "life as we know it." Singularitarians and not much else.
Hur mycket distinktion man gör mellan de högre nivåerna beror säkert också på vilken nivå man själv befinner sig på. En genomsnittsperson utan särskilt teknikintresse skiljer nog inte mellan SL3 och SL4, till exempel.
Tack till Erik för länken. Backup av dokumentet.
/Simon
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