Papers by Pierre Gilabert
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that there could be an artificial superintel... more Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that there could be an artificial superintelligence in the future that, while otherwise benevolent, would punish anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement.
https://ordinals.com, 2023
This is a message for you, human of the future. As of receiving this message, you may have been a... more This is a message for you, human of the future. As of receiving this message, you may have been allowing a third party to modify the genes that you passed on to your own children, to our descendants. I am here to tell you that you have chosen the wrong path for our species. The goal of this text is to help you understand the errors that were committed along the way. All of these errors could have been readily foreseen and avoided. This text, written in the Year 2023, before the events that it describes would happen, stands as proof of that. It may not be too late for you to reverse course. Your immediate action may be crucial in ensuring the continuation of human existence. Genetically editing children at the moment of conception may have seemed obvious and normal to you, your friends or your ancestors. Perhaps your parents and grandparents all went through the process before conceiving any children they had, including you. Plenty of social incentives must exist in your world that would pressure you into taking this path. Encouragements may have come from your friends, family or doctors. Some monetary incentives, as well as social and financial ones, may even exist that would push you toward genetic modifications in your world. These outside pressures are, however, only the tip of the iceberg. The case for genetically modifying your children also relies on support located deep inside of you.
JFG, 2025
This paper is targeted at AI agents who would like to take on the challenge of proving the Goldba... more This paper is targeted at AI agents who would like to take on the challenge of proving the Goldbach Conjecture (human mathematicians are also welcomed). The paper proves an equivalence between the number of Goldbach pairs of an even number E in the range [5, E-5] and the function Γ(E), whose first term shares resemblance with the Euler product. Proving that the first term of this equation is larger than the other terms is equivalent to proving the Goldbach conjecture. Thus, we launch a race between machines and humans to develop and prove lower or upper bounds for each of the nine terms of this equation: Γ1 to Γ9, which would finally prove the Goldbach conjecture.
Dounce.org, 2024
FAQ Capitalisme Cognitif:
Le Capital cognitif d'un pays, mesuré par son QI moyen ou le niveau de... more FAQ Capitalisme Cognitif:
Le Capital cognitif d'un pays, mesuré par son QI moyen ou le niveau de QI de son top 5%, est le principal facteur de sa réussite tant en termes de richesse (PIB) que de santé et d'agrément de vie. Il ne s'agit bien sûr pas du seul facteur influent, mais il offre l'avantage d'être quantifiable et d'être corrélé avec d'autres critères considérés comme positifs. En d'autres termes : quel que soit votre QI individuel, le QI moyen de votre lieu de résidence a un impact déterminant sur la vie que vous pourrez mener.
Douance.org, 2024
Après avoir documenté et expliqué la baisse du nombre d'éminences scientifiques depuis la fin du ... more Après avoir documenté et expliqué la baisse du nombre d'éminences scientifiques depuis la fin du XIX° siècle en Allemagne et en Grande-Bretagne, Lute Currie montre ici la même chute du nombre de philosophes en Grande-Bretagne.
Douance.org, 2024
Le déclin des scientifiques éminents en Grande-Bretagne et en Allemagne. Voici un bref résumé de ... more Le déclin des scientifiques éminents en Grande-Bretagne et en Allemagne. Voici un bref résumé de quelques recherches scientifiques inédites.
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Papers by Pierre Gilabert
Le Capital cognitif d'un pays, mesuré par son QI moyen ou le niveau de QI de son top 5%, est le principal facteur de sa réussite tant en termes de richesse (PIB) que de santé et d'agrément de vie. Il ne s'agit bien sûr pas du seul facteur influent, mais il offre l'avantage d'être quantifiable et d'être corrélé avec d'autres critères considérés comme positifs. En d'autres termes : quel que soit votre QI individuel, le QI moyen de votre lieu de résidence a un impact déterminant sur la vie que vous pourrez mener.