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by lukeprog 12y ago
I know for a fact that at least 7 of the top AI people that I listed above think intelligence explosion / superintelligence is plausible and that it's not at all clear that will go well for humans. I'm pretty sure all of th
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by lukeprog 12y ago
> On the other hand you have (essentially) the entire mainstream academic AI/ML community, who are mainly concerned that the hype is so intense it might lead to another AI winter This doesn't seem true. E.g. the signatories on
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by lukeprog 13y ago
Goldman Sachs did not donate to the charity that plausibly saves lives at a price of $2500 (Against Malaria Foundation). If I had to guess, they gave it to groups who don't even try to save lives, or to groups who save lives at a cost 100 t
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by lukeprog 14y ago
Or really, that entire series of posts, called 'Raw Nerve': http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rawnerve
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by lukeprog 15y ago
One of the best I've read, too, and I've read hundreds. I also highly recommend '59 seconds' by experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman.
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by lukeprog 18y ago
Paul Graham is one of my favorite writers. He's engaging, surprising, simple, and brief. And he writes on topics of interest to everyone. Does anyone else know good essayists that share these same qualities? I rather like John T. Reed as we
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by lukeprog 18y ago
Epic. In my dreams, this article will become so popular that political commentators will use your Disagreement Hierarchy to evaluate political speeches. (Most political debate rarely rises above DH4.) I'm going to reference your article eve