NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: komponisto 07 June 2010 08:37AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (534)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 June 2010 02:08:21PM 1 point [-]

It should be possible to believe both-- unless you're expecting peak oil to lead to social collapse fairly soon, Moore's law could make a singluarity possible while energy becomes more expensive.

Comment author: cupholder 10 June 2010 01:09:21AM 1 point [-]

Which could suggest a distressing pinch point: not wanting to delay AI too long in case we run out of energy for it to use; not wanting to make an AI too soon in case it's Unfriendly.