In the discussion that followed the video answers entry on lesswrong, Wei Dai quoted Eliezer: "I have to remind myself that it's not what's the most fun to do,

In the discussion that followed the video answers entry on lesswrong, Wei Dai quoted Eliezer: "I have to remind myself that it's not what's the most fun to do, it's not even what you have talent to do, it's what you need to do that you ought to be doing." Eliezer presumably means that time is in short supply, and that every month's advance toward AI has the potential to save a great many people. Plenty enough time to write a novel after we crack that nut, but there's no time now.