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28 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 17 November 2009 02:15PM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 18 November 2009 02:25:31PM *  5 points [-]

A problem with this proposal is whether this paper can be seen as authorative. A critic might worry that if they study and respond to this paper they will be told it does not represent the best pro-Singularity arguments. So the paper would need to be endorsed enough to gain enough status to become worth criticizing.

Comment author: righteousreason 18 November 2009 10:46:07PM *  3 points [-]

Eliezer is arguing about one view of the Singularity, though there are others. This is one reason I thought to include http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools on the wiki. If leaders/proponents of the other two schools could acknowledge this model Eliezer has described of there being three schools of the Singularity, I think that might lend it more authority as you are describing.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 19 November 2009 08:29:33AM 4 points [-]

Actually, I might prefer not to use the term 'Singularity' at all, precisely because it has picked up so many different meanings. If a name is needed for the event we're describing and we can't avoid that, use 'intelligence explosion'.

Comment author: UnholySmoke 21 November 2009 12:26:53AM 2 points [-]

Seconded. One of the many modern connotations of 'Singularity' is 'Geek Apocalypse'.

Which is happening, like, a good couple of years afterwards.

Intelligence explosion does away with that, and seems to nail the concept much better anyway.