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Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People
- draw_down 9y ago"A wise man once told me don't argue with fools, 'cause people from a distance can't tell who is who" I personally don't have sufficient context to know that AI pessimists are just being silly and hyperbolic, and people of the author's worldview are the rational, smart ones. And perhaps I'm especially skeptical of such constructions, given that just two years ago every smart, rational person knew it was preposterous that someone like Donald Trump could be president (just as an example). At any rate, I am not willing to completely reject the idea that we are working toward bringing something terrible into the world. Regarding the nuclear physicists at the beginning, it's true that they didn't create a bomb that would burn up the entire world when detonated. But they brought something terrible into the world nonetheless, a scourge we're stuck with. So, perhaps not the best allegory. :)