NancyLebovitz comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 August 2010 05:05:25PM 2 points [-]

Grey goo is assumed to be a really fast replicator that will eat anything. Arguably, it's a movie plot disaster.

Comment author: timtyler 13 August 2010 08:15:33AM 0 points [-]

From that thread, it seems that many people like to speculate on possible disasters.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 August 2010 08:45:47AM 1 point [-]

The point is that they know they're doing it for the fun of it rather than actually coming up with anything that needs to be prevented.