wedrifid 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: XiXiDu 31 October 2010 03:36:51PM *  4 points [-]
  • Google site:lesswrong.com "artificial intelligence" 4,860 results
  • Google site:lesswrong.com rationality 4,180 results

Besides its history and the logo with a link to the SIAI that you can see in the top right corner, I believe that you underestimate the importance of artificial intelligence and associated risks within this community. As I said, it is not obvious, but when Yudkowsky came up with LessWrong.com it was against the background of the SIAI.

Comment author: wedrifid 31 October 2010 08:29:14PM *  5 points [-]
  • Google site:lesswrong.com "me" 5,360 results
  • Google site:lesswrong.com "I" 7,520 results
  • Google site:lesswrong.com "it" 7,640 results
  • Google site:lesswrong.com "a" 7,710 results

Perhaps you overestimate the extent to which google search results on a term reflect the importance of the concept to which the word refers.

I note that:

  • The best posts on 'rationality' are among those that do not use the word 'rationality'*.
  • Similar to 'Omega' and 'Clippy', AI is a useful agent to include when discussing questions of instrumental rationality. It allows us to consider highly rational agents in the abstract without all the bullshit and normative dead weight that gets thrown into conversations whenever the agents in question are humans.
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