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If you assume that a breakthrough is possible, and desire its occurrence, then you've got a subjective bias to find a way to logically predict it will happen wi
by kingkawn 14y ago
If you assume that a breakthrough is possible, and desire its occurrence, then you've got a subjective bias to find a way to logically predict it will happen within the bounds of your lifetime.
- sampo 14y agoActually, some of the singularity people regard the singularity both inevitably happening soon(ish), and their worst nightmare. Not desirable at all. The superintelligent machines will take over the world and probably destroy humankind as a side effect. Consequently, they think that we urgently need philosophical musings over possible ways to ensure that the inevitably created superintelligent AI overlords would be build using principles that make them friendly to humankind. This is (according to them) the only hope to save humankind from extinction in near future.
- kingkawn 14y agoI don't equate desire and positive outcome. Sometimes the waiting is worse than the thing itself. especially if you know it's coming.