timtyler comments on Tallinn-Evans $125,000 Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 29 December 2010 07:39:00PM *  2 points [-]

Ridiculousness is in the eye of the beholder. Probably the biggest red flag was that there was no mention of what was supposedly going to be annihilated - and yes, it does make a difference.

The supposedly formal definition tells me very little - because "short" is not defined - and because f(X) is not a specified function. Saying that it evaluates to something positive is not sufficient to be useful or meaningful.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 29 December 2010 10:18:07PM 1 point [-]

Fast enough that none of the other intelligences in Earth can copy its strengths or produce countermeasures sufficient to stand a chance in opposing it.

Comment author: timtyler 29 December 2010 10:19:47PM *  -2 points [-]

Yes - though it is worth noting that if Google wins, we may have passed that point without knowing it back in 1998 sometime.