And to twist the knife further, the problem isn't limited to UFAIs.
Surely that depends on exactly what you define "friendly" to mean.
Surely that depends on exactly what you define "friendly" to mean.
It certainly seems to. Somewhere on my list of "ways to stop an AI from torturing me for 10 million years" is "find anyone who is in the process of creating an AI that will torture me and kill them". I'm not overly concerned what name they give it.
Some research says that lurkers make up over 90% of online groups. I suspect that Less Wrong has an even higher percentage of lurkers than other online communities.
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Also see the introduction thread.