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The 1% Treaty

The goal of this agreement is to make humanity 1% more logical every year.

Premise:

  1. Humans don’t like suffering and dying from diseases.
  2. AI has the potential to automate clinical research and discover cures for all diseases.
  3. Humans don’t like suffering and dying in wars.
  4. If humanity spent less on paying people to fight wars, less people would suffer and die from wars.
  5. Humans like money.
  6. If we could wave a magic wand and eliminate war today and spend all that money on using AI to automate clinical research to cure diseases, the average person would see a benefit of $3 million over a 72 year lifetime (calculations here).
  7. However, no individual country can just stop spending on the military because then they’d be at greater risk of being at risk of being invaded by some other jerk country.
  8. But if every country used just 1% of their military spending to instead use AI to cure diseases, the relative balance of power would remain unchanged. So even though they were spending less on the military, no country would be at increased relative risk of being invaded by another country. In fact, you’d be 1% less likely to get blown up because your enemies would be making 1% less bombs.
  9. Additionally, the rate at which we discover cures for diseases is a function of the amount of time and money we spend on it. So by spending 1% more, we’d find cures 1% faster. That means there’d be a 1% greater chance we’d find a cure by the time one killed you or someone you love.
  10. Also, like I said, people like money. Even though a 1% shift wouldn’t result in the $3 million/person lifetime benefits of a 100% shift,

Facts:

  1. 2 billion people suffer from chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disorders, and many others. This causes immense human anguish as well as crippling economic costs.
  2. Medical research to find cures for these diseases remains far too slow to meet the desperate needs of patients.
  3. Artificial intelligence can radically accelerate the clinical research process by automating analysis of medical data, identifying promising drug targets, optimizing clinical trial designs, and more.
  4. A global collaborative effort to deploy AI to automate clinical research, coordinated and governed by the people, could produce revolutionary breakthroughs against chronic diseases and alleviate the suffering of billions of people.

Logical Proof:

Here is the logical proof that signing this accord is the most rational thing you can do with the next few moments of your life:

  1. Governments currently spend over $2 trillion per year on their militaries. They don’t do this because they like blowing up other people and their stuff. They do this to maintain the balance of power against other nations that might blow them up.
  2. However, if every nation agreed to reallocate just 1% of their annual military expenditures to a global medical research fund:
    • The relative balance of power would remain unchanged. So, despite spending less on the military, they would be at no greater relative risk of being murdered by another country.
    • The entire world would benefit from the resulting health advances and cures for diseases.
  3. Therefore, it is clearly in your rational self-interest to sign this treaty requesting that all nations to cooperate in this endeavor. By contributing a infinitesimal portion of their military budgets, they can help unlock revolutionary health benefits for their own citizens and the world at large.

How it Works:

  1. Every participating nation will pledge 1% of its annual military budget to the Global AI Health Research Fund. For example, if global military spending is $2 trillion per year, this would create a $20 billion annual fund. Participation from all nations is essential to maintain geopolitical stability.
  2. The fund will support AI-driven research projects aimed at discovering new treatments, cures, and early-detection methods for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and other chronic diseases that take the heaviest toll on human health worldwide.
  3. Research institutions, medical centers, and AI labs around the world will be invited to submit project proposals to the fund. These proposals will be reviewed and ranked by a global panel of experts based on their scientific merit, feasibility, and potential impact.
  4. However, the final decision on which projects receive funding will be made democratically by the global public. Using a platform similar to Gitcoin, anyone in the world will be able to vote on the proposals they believe hold the most promise. This crowdsourced approach ensures that the fund remains accountable to the people and focused on the projects that matter most to them.
  5. All research findings and data generated through the fund will be made openly available in real-time to the global scientific community, accelerating progress and enabling rapid translation of discoveries into new medicines and improved clinical practices worldwide.
  6. Participating nations and research institutions will collaborate continuously through a state-of-the-art online platform, sharing knowledge, best practices, and resources to maximize the impact of every research dollar and speed the deployment of new health solutions to patients everywhere.

By combining the power of AI, the resources of global crowdfunding, and the collective wisdom of the world’s people, we can transform the fight against chronic disease. The resulting breakthroughs will improve health, extend lives, boost economies, and benefit every nation on Earth.

This is our moment to unite as one human family and launch a new era of scientific progress for the benefit of all. Let us rise to this challenge, and together build a healthier, brighter future for generations to come. The journey begins now.

Sign the LOGICAL Treaty

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