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I was at a speaking engagement where yudkowsky said quite clearly said to the audience "Even if my research has a 0.0000001% chance of preventing AI from destro
by hansonkd 2y ago
I was at a speaking engagement where yudkowsky said quite clearly said to the audience "Even if my research has a 0.0000001% chance of preventing AI from destroying humanity it is worth it to fund my research"
To them their rationalization leads them to believe that because 0.0000001% > 0% they should be funded millions of dollars "just in case" AI goes rogue they can use their philosophical toolset to contain it.
- whimsicalism 2y agoi mean this seems like just basic expected value math
- andrewflnr 2y agoWith made up numbers, yes.
- whimsicalism 2y agosure, you’re basically saying 0.0000001% is an overestimate
- andrewflnr 2y agoI'm saying he pulled it out of his ass. To qualify as an "overestimate" it would have to be an estimate, meaning based even loosely on physical reality.