Bloggingheads: Yudkowsky and Aaronson talk about AI and Many-worlds

Vladimir_Nesov

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Aaronson - Percontations: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Mechanics

Sections of the diavlog:

When will we build the first superintelligence?
Why quantum computing isn’t a recipe for robot apocalypse
How to guilt-trip a machine
The evolutionary psychology of artificial intelligence
Eliezer contends many-worlds is obviously correct
Scott contends many-worlds is ridiculous (but might still be true)

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Aaronson - Percontations: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Mechanics

Sections of the diavlog:

When will we build the first superintelligence?
Why quantum computing isn’t a recipe for robot apocalypse
How to guilt-trip a machine
The evolutionary psychology of artificial intelligence
Eliezer contends many-worlds is obviously correct
Scott contends many-worlds is ridiculous (but might still be true)

Well, that was interesting, if a little bland. I think the main problem was that Scott is the kind of guy who likes to find points of agreement more than points of disagreement, which works fine for everyday life, but not so well for this kind of debate.

By the way, I noticed that this was "sponsored" by the Templeton Foundation, which I and many other people who care about the truth find deeply repulsive.

Why be repulsed at the Templeton Foundation?

It seems like they're mostly on the up-and-up.

0timtyler17y

It was whaaaat? Where are you getting that from?

4byrnema17y

In response to this comment, I just spent some time on the Templeton Foundation web page to see why you don't like them. Wow, interesting. It's clear why you wouldn't like them. They're like the Less Wrong antithesis. They seem to have a completely opposite POV, but judging from the comments I've read so far, are quite intellectual as well. I spent the summer reading Less Wrong... I think I'll give these guys some time (and form my own conclusion).

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