Thomas comments on New Year's Predictions Thread (2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Thomas 02 January 2011 05:11:31PM 2 points [-]

General AI will not be made in 2011. Confidence: 90%.

I like this. In other words it's over 70% that AGI will be invented before 2020.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 02 January 2011 05:18:56PM 8 points [-]

No. That calculation assumes independent probabilities for each year.

Comment author: Thomas 02 January 2011 05:52:11PM -2 points [-]

So, it's not the prediction for the next year only, but for a longer period.

Interesting.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 02 January 2011 10:01:36PM 9 points [-]

No. One model that could produce that prediction for next year is that one is 89% confident that GAI is impossible, and 90% confident that if possible, it will be discovered next year. Strange beliefs, yes.

But they give 10% chance this year and 11% in the next ten.