timtyler comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 30 October 2010 09:17:26PM 0 points [-]

It seems as though you don't have any references for the supposed "hubris verging on sheer insanity". Maybe people didn't think that in the first place.

Computers regularly detect and fix bugs today - e.g. check out Eclipse.

I never claimed "controlled ascent" as being "the default case". In fact I am here criticising "the default case" as weasel wording.