John_Maxwell_IV comments on Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer Yudkowsky: Ask Your Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 15 November 2009 07:43:19PM 1 point [-]

But if things catch up, others will start seriously working on the problem elsewhere.

By things catching up, you mean awareness spreading, right? It doesn't seem like a stretch to guess that SIAI will continue to do a large portion of that.

There's no advantage associated with FAI programmers starting a second group if they know they'll get funded by SIAI and don't have any major disagreements with SIAI's philosophy.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 November 2009 08:10:30PM *  0 points [-]

There's no advantage associated with FAI programmers starting a second group if they know they'll get funded by SIAI and don't have any major disagreements with SIAI's philosophy.

Not a rule strictly followed by how things work out in practice.