AI SAFETY & ETHICS
Carpathia Day
LessWrong AI
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(The better telling is here. Seriously you should go read it. I've heard this story told in rationalist circles, but there wasn't a post on LessWrong, so I made one) Today is April 15th, Carpathia Day. Take a moment to put forth an unreasonable effort to save a little piece of your world, when no one would fault you for doing less. In the early morning of April 15, the RMS Titanic began to sink with than two thousand souls on board. Over 58 nautical miles away - too far to make it in time - sailed the RMS Carpathia, a small, slow, passenger steamer.