Jordan comments on Call for new SIAI Visiting Fellows, on a rolling basis - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 01 December 2009 09:55:11PM *  11 points [-]

It rubbed me the wrong way when, after explaining for several pages that successful FAI Programmers would have to be so good that the very best programmers on the planet may not be good enough, it added - "We will probably, but not definitely, end up working in Java".

...I don't know if that's a bad joke or a hint that the writer isn't being serious. Well, if it's a joke, it's bad and not funny. Now I'll have nightmares of the best programmers Planet Earth could field failing to write a FAI because they used Java of all things.

Comment author: Jordan 01 December 2009 10:12:18PM 2 points [-]

It's mentioned twice, so I doubt it's a joke.