orthonormal comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orthonormal 03 August 2010 06:03:53PM 11 points [-]

But an AGI, whether FAI or uFAI, will be the last program that humans get to write and execute unsupervised. We will not get to issue patches.

Or to put it another way, the revolution will not be beta tested.

Comment author: sketerpot 05 August 2010 07:26:51PM *  1 point [-]

That is one of the most chilling phrases I've ever heard. Disarming in its simplicity, yet downright Lovecraftian in its implications. And it would probably make a nice bumper sticker.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 August 2010 06:12:55AM 2 points [-]

Revolutions never get beta tested.

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