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Humans evolved under a genetic imperative to pass on their own genetic information rather than others’ genetic information, although kin selection provides exceptions.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“of course, evolving under this genetic imperative that we want to pass on our own genetic information,”
“not somebody else's genetic information. You have things like kin selection that are sort of kind of...”
“Exceptions to that, but overall it's the rule.”Play from 43:27Report a misattribution
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