The Three AI Pills
Sincere disagreements about AI are usually disagreements about future AI capabilities. There are roughly four positions people take. Three Pills The three pills are, roughly, taking each of the following three things seriously: AI pilled.
- ▪Sincere disagreements about AI are usually disagreements about future AI capabilities.
- ▪There are roughly four positions people take.
- ▪Three Pills The three pills are, roughly, taking each of the following three things seriously: AI pilled.
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| Original publisher | Don't Worry About the Vase |
| Canonical URL | https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/the-three-ai-pills/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:12:23 +0000 |
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Sincere disagreements about AI are usually disagreements about future AI capabilities. There are roughly four positions people take. Two are reasonable. Two are not. I distinguish these via the Three AI Pills. You can take zero, one, two or three. Three Pills The three pills are, roughly, taking each of the following three things seriously: AI pilled. AI exists and can do the things it can already do. AGI pilled. AI will be able to do a lot more of the things. ASI pilled. AI will be able to do approximately all the things better than you, within our natural lifetimes. I am ASI pilled. A large percentage of employees of the frontier labs are ASI pilled. The labs themselves are ASI pilled. The Unpill People I see unpilled people. Where do I see them? Everywhere.
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