ciphergoth comments on Open Thread: May 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 24 May 2010 07:31:55PM 1 point [-]

The Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) convened a "Presidential Panel on Long-Term AI Futures". Read their August 2009 Interim Report from the Panel Chairs:

There was overall skepticism about the prospect of an intelligence explosion as well as of a “coming singularity,” and also about the large-scale loss of control of intelligent systems. [...] The group suggested outreach and communication to people and organizations about the low likelihood of the radical outcomes, sharing the rationale for the overall comfort of scientists in this realm

Don't know how we missed this when it happened; I learned about this from the Hacker News thread. I've yet to find anything they've put out to justify this position.

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 24 May 2010 09:19:06PM 1 point [-]

Don't know how we missed this

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