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I don't see many academics indulge in sensationalist doomsaying. That's the real difference here. SETI wouldn't and couldn't seek grants by proposing to contact
by simseye 3y ago
I don't see many academics indulge in sensationalist doomsaying. That's the real difference here. SETI wouldn't and couldn't seek grants by proposing to contact murderous aliens.
I think academics have a general faith in goodwill of intelligence.Benevolence may be a convergent phenomenon. Maybe the mechanisms of reason themselves require empathy and goodness
- sudosysgen 3y agoHuh? There's plenty of AI doomerism amongst academics, see Bengio, Hinton, etc...
- simseye 3y agoHinton makes cliched statements as if he's not given much thought to safety but feels obliged for whatever reason