andreas comments on Hedging our Bets: The Case for Pursuing Whole Brain Emulation to Safeguard Humanity's Future - Less Wrong

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Comment author: andreas 15 March 2010 11:39:25PM 1 point [-]

My conclusion from this discussion is that our disagreement lies in the probability we assign that uploads can be applied safely to FAI as opposed to generating more existential risk. I do not see how to resolve this disagreement right now. I agree with your statement that we need to make sure that those involved in running uploads understand the problem of preserving human preference.

Comment author: Jordan 17 March 2010 03:10:49AM 0 points [-]

I'm not entirely sure how to resolve that either. However, it isn't necessary for us to agree on that probability to agree on a course of action.

What probability would you assign to uploads being used safely? What do your probability distributions look like for the ETA of uploads, FAI and AGI?