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Comment author: multifoliaterose 11 September 2010 01:59:45PM *  1 point [-]

"Just 50 years?" Shane Legg's explanation of why his mode is at 2025:

Thanks for pointing this out. I don't have the subject matter knowledge to make an independent assessment of the validity of the remarks in the linked article, but it makes points that I had not seen before.

I'd recur to CarlShulman's remark about selection bias here. I look forward to seeing the results of the hypothetical Bostrom survey and the SIAI collection of all public predictions.

If 15 years is more accurate - then things are a bit different.

I agree. There's still an issue of a lack of concrete directions of research at present but if 15 years is accurate then I agree with Eliezer that we should be in "crunch" mode (amassing resources specifically directed at future FAI research).

Comment author: timtyler 11 September 2010 09:21:19PM *  1 point [-]

The biggest optimist I have come across is Peter Voss. His estimate in 2009 was around 8 years - 7:00 in. However, he obviously has something to sell - so maybe we should not pay too much attention to his opinion - due to the signalling effects associated with confidence.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 September 2010 10:38:00PM 0 points [-]

Optimist or pessimist?

Comment author: timtyler 12 September 2010 07:06:36AM *  0 points [-]