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Comment author: JGWeissman 16 November 2010 12:53:24AM 15 points [-]

The battle was meant to be metaphorical - the battle to ensure that AI is Friendly rather than Unfriendly.

By this standard, just about anything worth taking as one's life work will involve a metaphorical battle.