Bryan Johnson argues that computational intelligence will create a "zeroth principle" that drives breakthroughs faster than human thinking. He urges us to shed self-destructive habits and build win-win frameworks to keep pace with accelerating change.
First principle thinking is genius. It's a talent that no one else can see. The hypothesis is, with the emergence of computational intelligence, it introduces Zeroth principle breakthroughs at a rate faster than humans have. It changes the landscape more and faster than we have been. So we're going to enter into a Zeroth principle world where the lamp is going to change faster and faster in ways we don't anticipate. It's going to surprise us continually. The idea for this is let's try to zoom out on planet Earth. Look at the situation we're in, of what's really going on. Let's adopt systems of evolving ourselves and improving ourselves so we can roll with all these changes, no matter how the terrain shifts. And we can move into this future of zero principle. We don't know what it's going to be. We can't imagine it. It's beyond our own imagination. We can recognize the special moment we're in. We can create systems where everyone wins and we can shed the characteristics of ourselves that no longer serve us like self destructive behavior.
